(VIDEO) "Only myself": Rybakina poised response to not fearing anyone in tennis with documented wins

Tuesday, 29 August 2023 at 08:30

Kazakhstan’s tennis star Elena Rybakina stated that she is focusing one match at a time.

The 24-year-old registered a thumping win in the first round of the US Open 2023 after beating Marta Kostyuk in straight sets with a score of 6-2, 6-1 on Monday.

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After the match during an on-court interview, Rybakina was asked whether she is scared of facing anyone after beating the likes of the current world number one Iga Swiątek, world number two Aryna Sabalenka and Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur, to which she responded:

“Only myself. It all depends how I do it on the court. I mean I am trying to focus one match at a time and hopefully I will continue playing like this today.”

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The victory and the manner of win was surely an important one for Rybakina who does not have a great record while playing at the US Open which remains the only Grand Slam where she has never played in the fourth round or beyond.

To date, her best outing while playing at the Flashing Medows was reaching suffering defeat in the third round of the competition back in 2021 to Romania’s Simona Halep with a score of 7-6, 4-6, 6-3.

Rybakina will now face Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic in the round of 64 of the US Open on Wednesday.

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