The Latest Breaking News from Elena Rybakina

Surprise finalist has the repertoire to trouble the two-times champion looking to cement her status as world’s best

PARIS: Elena Rybakina, battling a bad case of viral flu, withdrew from Roland Garros. The reigning Wimbledon champion, seeded fourth here, announced her decision not to take the court for her third-round match against Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo at a press conference just before the scheduled start of play.

In a disappointing turn of events, Elena Rybakina, the fourth seed at the French Open, has been forced to withdraw from the tournament just ahead of her highly anticipated third-round match against Sara Sorribes Tormo. The Roland Garros tournament has lost one of its main contenders for the women's title…

A virus forced the fourth seed out minutes before she was due to face Sara Sorribes Tormo in the third round.

Illness means the Kazakhstani star had to depart ahead of her third-round tie

Iga Swiatek didn’t drop a single game as the defending French Open champion advanced to the fourth round after Elena Rybakina withdrew from Roland Garros

Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina will look to advance to the fourth round while Coco Gauff takes on breakout star Mirra Andreeva

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Elena Rybakina reached the third round of the French Open with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Linda Noskova while Iga Swiatek defeated Claire Liu 6-4, 6-0