World number one Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan withdrew from her women's singles quarterfinal match at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Friday, October 30, 2026, citing an undisclosed "little injury." The top seed was scheduled to play in the last eight of the WTA tournament but pulled out before taking the court.
Rybakina spoke briefly after the withdrawal, though details of the injury were not revealed. Her exit leaves the tournament without its highest-ranked player. In the other quarterfinal on the same day, Slovakia's Mia Pohankova faced Alycia Parks of the United States.
