Elena Rybakina‘s sister Anna seemingly fired back at Jelena Ostapenko as she very loudly celebrated the Kazakh’s Cincinnati win over the Latvian. On Wednesday, Rybakina edged out Ostapenko 6-7 (6) 6-2 6-4 in the Cincinnati second round.
In the eighth game of the third set, Ostapenko broke back Rybakina to tie the set to four games apiece – turned to Rybakina’s box – stared them down and screamed loudly in celebration. Rybakina responded on the court, breaking Ostapenko in the ninth game for a 5-4 lead before serving out for the match in the following game.
Just moments after Rybakina sealed the win, Anna was heard screaming very loudly as she seemingly wanted to make sure Ostapenko would hear her.
Rybakina’s sister reaction
Ostapenko’s (usual) poor handshake.
Gotta LOVE the WTA.
https://t.co/IGLZiS35lP — José Morgado (@josemorgado) August 17, 2023
Rybakina came back to win against Ostapenko
Rybakina lost the first set in a very brutal way as she missed out on three consecutive set points in the tie-break before Ostapenko converted her first set point to seal the opener.
After losing the first set in a very disappointing way, Rybakina bounced back in the second set as she earned…
