In the semifinals at the Abu Dhabi WTA Women’s Tennis Open on Friday, Elena Rybakina (ranked No. 5) faces Belinda Bencic (No. 157).Rybakina enters the semifinals after her three-set victory

Belinda Bencic's comeback from maternity leave hit a new milestone at the Mubadala Open, as she dethroned defending champion and top seed Elena Rybakina to reach her first tour-level final as a mom.

Elena Rybakina's 2025 has started very differently from expectations. Her path towards the Australian Open has certainly been conditioned by the case involving Stefano Vukov, whom the Kazakh player desperately wants in her team despite being suspended by the WTA and cannot be accredited to the tournaments of the professional tour for the moment.