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Elena Rybakina admits she thought she would be on holiday during the second week of last year’s Wimbledon. At the start of the 2022 grass season, Rybakina suffered a ‘s-Hertogenbosch round-of-16 loss and she also exited Eastbourne in the second round.
Going into 2022 Wimbledon, Rybakina didn’t really expect much since she wasn’t in impressive form. But then, Rybakina put up the run of her life at The All England Club and became a Grand Slam champion after beating Ons Jabeur in the final.
“I had ups and downs during last season and before Wimbledon my tournaments weren’t successful, I was struggling with injury. I had been on the road a long time and so I had not many expectations going there. I was actually thinking I would be on holiday in the second week because the grass hadn’t gone well.
I thought, ‘Let’s just see how it goes.’ I didn’t have any pressure and every match I improved,” Rybakina told The Daily Mail.
Rybakina: I never thought I’d play Wimbledon, let alone win it
Rybakina, who turned 24 this month, became a Grand Slam champion at the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world.
When Rybakina was a little girl and following Wimbledon…
