Daijiworld Media Network - Tokya

Tokyo, Oct 24: Elena Rybakina clinched the eighth and final berth for next month’s WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia after defeating Victoria Mboko 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) on Friday to reach the Pan Pacific semi-finals in Tokyo. The 2022 Wimbledon champion, currently ranked world number seven, will make her third consecutive appearance at the season-ending tournament following a strong run that included last week’s Ningbo Open title in China.

“It’s great to qualify and play some more matches, especially against top players,” said the 26-year-old Kazakh player. “Last week I was focusing one match at a time, and I knew that to qualify it was going to take a long road. In the end, everything worked out pretty well.”

Rybakina will face sixth seed Linda Noskova of the Czech

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