Iga Swiatek out of Italian Open as injury retirement hands victory to Elena Rybakina in Rome

Iga Swiatek is out of the Italian Open as an injury retirement in the third set handed a 2-6 7-6(3) 2-2 ret. victory to Elena Rybakina in Rome. The pair had traded sets to that point and were level in the decider after two hours and 19 minutes of play, before Swiatek decided she could carry on no longer.

She appeared to be holding her right leg during the second-set tie-break. Ad Rybakina will face Jelena Ostapenko next in the semi-finals, after the Latvian beat Paula Badosa in three sets. WTA RomeSwiatek breezes past Vekic into quarter-finals to set up Rybakina clashYESTERDAY AT 14:39 “It’s never good to finish a match like this," Rybakina said on court afterwards.

«It was a really good match. I hope it’s nothing serious for Iga and I just wish her a speedy recovery.” A rainy day in the Eternal City pushed the match back to a late night start, with the action not getting underway until after 22:00 UK time. Both players started the game aggressively, matching each other stroke for stroke but the first game was disrupted with a mobile phone going off in the arena.

With shock on her face, the realisation hit Swiatek that the noise in question was coming from her bag. With the offending item sheepishly passed to her team in the stands, Swiatek returned to court and proceeded to break Rybakina and take an early advantage. The near-two decade Nadal-Djokovic Rome monopoly is over — what now? Nadal calls press conference to announce French Open decision Murray swept aside by Wawrinka in opening match at Bordeaux Challenger From here, the world No.