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Elena Rybakina Defeats Naomi Osaka to Reach US Open Quarter-Finals
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THE BRIEF
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Elena Rybakina defeated Naomi Osaka 6-1, 6-4 on Monday to advance to the US Open quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows.
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Rybakina hit 29 winners compared to Osaka's nine and won 87 percent of points on her first serve, moving one win away from the world number one ranking.
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The Kazakh star will face Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen in the next round after Zheng defeated Iga Swiatek in her own quarter-final bid.