Elena Rybakina is living a 2024 full of ups and downs, to which is added a huge number of withdrawals before or during tournaments. The Kazakh player has the talent and weapons to enter the fight between Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka for the first place in the WTA ranking, but she was too uneven this season to be able to aspire to the first position in the standings.
After reaching the semi-finals at the Wimbledon Championships during the summer, Elena had retired from the Paris Olympics on the grounds that she had bronchitis. She later retired during the US Open due to a back injury, despite having shown great tennis in her debut match.
The current number 4 in the world has made his fans very worried, both for his physical condition and his mental health. Rybakina split from her long-time coach Stefano Vukov just before the US Open began and there were some worrying rumours about her. The next target of the Kazakh champion should be the WTA Finals, which will take place this year in Saudi Arabia from 2 to 9 November. Given the current situation it is very difficult to make predictions, but the hope is that Elena will recover and return to express her best tennis.
A real mystery
The complex situation surrounding Rybakina’s…
