Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, September 25, 2024
Bypassed for a bye, Elena Rybakina stated goodbye to Tokyo.
The 2022 Wimbledon champion withdrew from this week’s Toray Pan Pacific Open citing sickness.
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The withdrawal comes a few days after Rybakina ripped the WTA for its trial of efficiency byes in Tokyo.
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Under conventional guidelines, Rybakina would have acquired a first-round bye in Tokyo.
However, as a result of WTA trialing “performance byes” she was bumped from her first-round bye in favor of Guadalajra champion Maria Sakkari and WTA Finals champion Caroline Garcia, who reached the semifinals in Guadalajara.
“Performance bye,ā Rybakina wrote in an Instagram publish. āThank you for changing the rules last momentā¦ great decisions as always, WTA.ā
Of course, each issues will be true: Rybakina might be each unwell and upset by shedding out on a bye or maybe she’s simply sick and bored with the disrespect she’s acquired regardless of profitable Wimbledon final yr and reaching the Australian Open closing final January.
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