Elena Rybakina declared that she was 'destroyed' after her late-night marathon match against Daria Kasatkina at the National Bank Canadian Open (Omnium Banque Nationale) in Montreal.

World No. 4 Rybakina emerged victorious from a long and difficult quarter-final match at the WTA 1000 event against tenth seed Kasatkina, coming back to win in three sets 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(8). 

The match lasted three hours and 27 minutes and went on until 2:55 am. Both players broke serve 10 times, but Rybakina scraped ahead in the final-set tiebreak to progress through to the semi-finals.

The 2022 Wimbledon champion highlighted her exhaustion during her on-court interview after the match.

"I am destroyed guys!" she exclaimed, before going on to thank the crowd for staying until the early hours of the morning.

"Thank you so much for everyone who stayed so late. It’s really amazing that you supported us," she said.

The Kazakhstani player was then asked if she had ever played a match like that in her career so far, to which she replied:

"I don’t think so. I have played three sets, tough battles. But like this? Honestly, physically it’s really tough. And it is so late! I never played that late. So, yeah. Guys, just thank you so much. And hopefully somehow I can recover tomorrow."

Rybakina is now set to face fifteenth seed Liudmila Samsonova, whose quick thinking on the court saw her move past world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka in her previous round.