Early morning on March 24th, in a WTA 1000 match in Miami, Kazakhstan's top seed and the world's fourth-ranked player, Elena Rybakina, faced off against American Taylor Townsend. This marked their first meeting on the court.
The match lasted 2 hours and 23 minutes, with Rybakina emerging victorious with a score of 2:1 (6:3, 6:7 (3:7), 6:4). With this win, Rybakina progresses to the fourth round of the Miami WTA-1000 tournament. Her next opponent will be the 18th-ranked player in the world, American Madison Keys, who defeated China's Xinyu Wang (29th in the WTA rankings) in the third round with a score of 6:4, 7:6 (7:5).
On March 22nd, Kazakhstan's top seed, Elena Rybakina, had a successful start in the WTA 1000 series tournament by defeating Denmark's Clara Tauson.
