Sabalenka, Rybakina handed shock defeats at China Open tennis

Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, was defeated in straight sets by 34th-ranked Nikola Bartunkova in the third round of the China Open in Beijing. Sabalenka missed multiple break chances in the first set, while Bartunkova, 20, secured the win with four aces in 1 hour and 35 minutes. Elena Rybakina, the former world number one, was eliminated in the second round by Alena Charaeva, leaving the tournament without its top two seeds.