United Cup: Dominant Elena Rybakina defeats Maria Sakkari to leads Kazakhstan into quarterfinals

Sydney: Kazakhstan reached the quarterfinals of the United Cup mixed team tournament with a comfortable win over Greece on Monday as Elena Rybakina defeated Maria Sakkari 6-4, 6-3 after Alexander Shevchenko stunned Stefanos Tsitsipas. Former Wimbledon champion Rybakina edged a tight opening set against Sakkari before powering ahead 5-0 in the next. She was broken late on but stayed composed to close out the contest on serve, leaving her new coach Goran Ivanisevic beaming in the dugout. Shevchenko pulled off a major upset earlier when he downed an ill and error-prone world number 11 Tsitsipas 6-4, 7-6(0) to put Kazakhstan on course for victory in the Group C tie in Perth. Katie Boulter and Charles Broom guided Britain to a 2-1 win over Argentina in Group F, winning their mixed doubles rubber against Maria Lourdes Carle and Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7-6(4), 7-5.Boulter put Britain up 1-0 with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Nadia Podoroska but Argentina fought back immediately as Etcheverry overcame a stomach issue to down Billy Harris 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Agencies

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