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Rybakina eases injury concerns with first-round win over Frodin

From CNA · () English

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Newswire From a news agency Outcome reported
  • Second seed Elena Rybakina beat American teenager Thea Frodin 6-3, 6-2 to reach the US Open second round.
  • Rybakina had withdrawn from Cincinnati with a leg injury but appeared fit in New York.
  • Frodin, making her Grand Slam main-draw debut, saved three match points with aces before Rybakina closed out the match.

Elena Rybakina had pulled out of the Cincinnati tournament with a leg injury, leaving her fitness uncertain. In New York, the second seed answered those concerns quickly with a 6-3, 6-2 win over American teenager Thea Frodin.

The victory began Rybakina’s bid for a second US Open title and the world number one ranking. The two-time Grand Slam champion will next play either Czech player Darja Vidmanova or Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.

Frodin made her Grand Slam main-draw debut after fans waited nearly four hours through a rain delay on the Grandstand. The 17-year-old, who portrayed a young Serena Williams in the Oscar-winning film “King Richard,” produced 11 aces and earned some of the loudest cheers of the match.

She played really well today and she has great shots.

— Elena RybakinaRybakina praised Thea Frodin after defeating her in the US Open first round.

Rybakina broke in the sixth game and controlled the opening set. She maintained that grip in the second, although Frodin briefly extended the contest by saving three match points with aces in the penultimate game. Rybakina answered with an ace of her own to seal the win.

“She played really well today and she has great shots,” Rybakina said, pausing while packing her kit to join the crowd’s ovation for Frodin. “It was not easy and I’m just happy to be here, playing here.”

It was not easy and I’m just happy to be here, playing here.

— Elena RybakinaRybakina described her return to competition after withdrawing from Cincinnati with a leg injury.
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