The journey of Emma Raducanu and Elena Rybakina in the DC Open doubles came to an end after the unprecedented pairing retired during their semifinal match against Taylor Townsend and Shuai Zhang.

Emma Raducanu and Elena Rybakina handled the business in singles but had to retire from their Washington doubles semifinal. On Friday, the British tennis player defeated Maria Sakkari 6-4 7-5 to reach the Citi Open semifinal. Meanwhile, the Kazakh ousted Magdalena Frech 6-3 6-3.

Emma Raducanu and Elena Rybakina’s doubles debut impressed as the pair won their first match together in Washington. Raducanu and Rybakina struggled in their Washington debut, but they managed to set up a second-round clash with Giuliana Olmos and Aldila Sutjiadi.