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"New York was tough for me": Rybakina's mysterious Roland Garros illness returned after US Open, explains Tokyo absence
WTASunday, 01 October 2023 at 01:30
Kazakhstan’s star tennis player Elena Rybakina has revealed the reason behind missing the Tokyo Open.
The 24-year-old opted to stay out of the ongoing competition at the very last minute which raised a few eyebrows.
Rybakina was recently quoted in a report where she stated that she again fell sick after recovering from illness in the US Open and that she thought taking rest was the best option for her.
“Well, for sure I'm focusing now just to play a little bit more matches because unfortunately I got sick again, & maybe no one knew it,” she said. “New York was tough for me. After that, it was a couple of weeks to recover.
"That's why now coming even to Tokyo, it was not the best for me maybe to play there. Now I'm just looking to play some matches. Of course, all the focus is going to the WTA Finals.”
The world number five has had a mixed 12 months at the highest level. She started brightly at the Australian Open where she fell in the final to current world number one Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka with a score of 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
However, from there on, not much went right for her. In the recently concluded US Open, she was knocked out of the tournament after losing to Sorana Cirstea with a score of 6-3, 6-7, 6-4.
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