Rybakina spends 24th birthday visiting Red Bull Museum in Austria

Saturday, 17 June 2023 at 23:30

This week saw back to back birthdays on the WTA Tour with Bianca Andreescu on Friday and Elena Rybakina on Saturday 17 June.

Rybakina celebrated her 24th birthday with a new sponsor who she has worn since Roland Garros.

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The now World No.3 was spotted in Salzburg, Austria recovering from the illness that saw her out of the French Open, but also celebrating that milestone.

While in the city, she visited the Red Bull Museum in which planes and Formula 1 champions' cars are displayed on the day that just so happens to be her 24th birthday.

Red Bull became her new official sponsor since the French Open so it is assumed that is the reason why she visited.

She did so alongside Stefano Vukov, her coach who has come in for some criticism and this lingered with some on Twitter stating their dismay at him being there.

"I'm very happy to be with Red Bull. Maybe today I should've drank a bit of it before the match, because I played so early and it's unusual for the past tournaments that I've played. It's not easy to wake up! But, yeah, I'm really happy to be with them," the 24-year-old explained on the new partnership in Paris.

It has been a whole new chapter for Rybakina who has also switched from Adidas to Yonex with both them and Red Bull now on her match kit.

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