The world ranking of Aryna Sabalenka left at the WTA tournament in Cincinnati/Ohio in the quarter-finals.
The 27 -year -old Belarussin lost on Friday against Jelena Rybakina from Kazakhstan 1: 6, 4: 6. Her defense woman now meets the Wimbledon winner Iga Swiatek from Poland, who previously prevailed 6: 3, 6: 4 against Anna Kalinskaya.
Rybakina, Wimbledon winner from 2022 and currently number ten in the world, returned to the defeat against Sabalenka on lawn in Berlin two months ago.
For Sabalenka it was the first tournament participation in the still young hard court season. After her semi-finals in Wimbledon, she had dispensed with the American Amanda Anisimova due to exhaustion after her semi-finals in Wimbledon.