“I have to say it doesn’t smell very good.” had confided Elena Rybakina after his victory in the 3rd round of theAustralian Open. Touched “in the lumbar region“, the Kazakh was not at 100% of her abilities against Madison Keys this Monday in the round of 16. She still had her match, with weak moments on each side, but ended up losing (6-3, 1-6, 6-3). His return to the Top 5 should still be recorded at the end of the tournament, while a small break is necessary, at least until February 3 and the WTA 500 d’Abu Dhabi.
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“Now that the match is over, I admit I’m in a bit of pain.”
“It’s not the result I expected, it was a very difficult match” recognized Rybakina. “I had a few chances in my favor, but that’s how it is, I have to work a lot more. I think in the second game I had the opportunity to lead 2-0 (four missed break points ), but ultimately the score was 1-1 From there, all the games were complicated (…) I felt better in this match than in the previous one, however, now that the match. is over, I admit that I’m suffering a little. reality is that I need to rest, take time to heal and then continue to work.”
This meeting puts an end to a complicated tournament from the start for the former finalist Melbourneaccompanied by Goran Ivanisevichis new coach, but no Stefano Vukovsuspended by the WTA for “potential violation of the WTA Code of Conduct”https://www.tennisactu.net/.”This is certainly not the situation I want to be in, nor the one anyone wants to be in. I want to have the people I want in my cubicle, but I haven’t been able to change things. Ultimately all I try to do is focus on my matches and talk to Stefano (Vukov), but I also have Goran (Ivanisevic), so it hasn’t affected the way I play. I played today, nor any of my results.”
“Ivanisevic? We need to talk about how things happened”
Et Goran Ivanisevic in all this? “We still have a conversation to have, we have to talk about how things went during the pre-season and the analysis we make of the two tournaments we played, where we tried to get used to it. ‘to each other We will sit down, we will discuss and we will decide what the program will be from then on. For now, I am committed to playing the Abu Dhabi tournament, then the. WTA tournaments 1000 from Doha and Dubai will follow.”
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