Elena Rybakina came from a set down to claim a resounding win against Iga Swiatek in the pair\u2019s second round robin match at the 2025 WTA Finals.<\/p>\n
The world No 6 prevailed 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 against second-ranked Swiatek<\/a> in an hour and 37 minutes to end a five-match losing streak against the Pole. The head-to-head is now 6-5 in Swiatek\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n Rybakina remarkably won the last nine games and 11 of the last 12 games as she stormed to the finish line.<\/p>\n Swiatek destroyed Madison Keys 6-1, 6-2 in her opening round robin match in Riyadh, and she continued her impressive form in the first set against Rybakina.<\/p>\n Things swiftly unravelled for the six-time Grand Slam champion thereafter, though, as she hit 36 unforced errors across the second and third sets.<\/p>\n Rybakina, a Wimbledon champion in 2022, lost just 12 points in the third set as she hit 15 winners to seven unforced errors.<\/p>\n WTA Rankings: Sabalenka No 1, Mboko and Eala secure milestones, Tjen +29, Boulter -21<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Coco Gauff serves up alarming stats as reigning WTA Finals champ falls to Jessica Pegula defeat<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Rybakina has moved top of Group Serena Williams with two wins, having dismantled Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 6-1 in her opening round robin match.<\/p>\n The Kazakh\u2019s place in the semi-finals will be confirmed if Amanda Anisimova beats Madison Keys in the second match on Monday.<\/p>\n Irrespective of that result, Rybakina will progress to the knockout phase as the group winner if she beats Keys in her final round robin match.<\/p>\n Swiatek\u2019s defeat leaves her qualification hopes in the balance heading into the third and final set of round robin matches.<\/p>\n Given Swiatek beat Keys in straight sets and won a set against Rybakina, she is still in with a strong chance of qualifying if she defeats Anisimova in her final match.<\/p>\n It is possible that Swiatek could qualify even if she loses her last match as she, Anisimova and Keys could all finish with one win and two losses.<\/p>\n In the scenario of a three-way tie, qualification would be decided by total sets won and total games won.<\/p>\n READ NEXT: WTA Finals: What ranking points have Sabalenka, Swiatek, Gauff & co dropped from 2024 tournament?<\/a> The post What Elena Rybakina dismantling Iga Swiatek at WTA Finals means for the pair\u2019s qualification hopes<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Elena Rybakina came from a set down to claim a resounding win against Iga Swiatek in the pair\u2019s second round robin match at the 2025 WTA Finals. The world No 6 prevailed 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 against second-ranked Swiatek in an hour and 37 minutes to end a five-match losing streak against the Pole. The head-to-head […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How Elena Rybakina beating Iga Swiatek at WTA Finals affects battle to reach knockout stage<\/h2>\n
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What the result means for Rybakina and Swiatek at the WTA Finals<\/h2>\n
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