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Elena Rybakina withdrew from the Pan Pacific Open quarter‑finals because of a neck injury, handing Leylah Fernandez a walkover into the last four. The Kazakh, who secured the year‑end world number one ranking the day before, said she will aim to return for the season‑ending WTA Finals in Indian Wells.
Rybakina had been scheduled to face Fernandez in Tokyo after beating Yulia Putintseva in the second round, and she confirmed her intention to compete at the Indian Wells event next month despite the injury.
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