Elina Svitolina offered some very high praise for Elena Rybakina following their Wimbledon match, putting the Kazakh in the company of Serena Williams and ranking the 25-year-old’s serve as the top-5 she has faced.
After starting her Wimbledon run in a very impressive way, Svitolina was hoping to continue her fine form on Wednesday and upset No. 4 seed Rybakina. But the 2022 Wimbledon champion gave no chance Svitolina, beating the Ukrainian 2022 Wimbledon semifinalist with a 6-3 6-2 scoreline.
At the start of the match, Rybakina had a bad opening service game and she got broken in the first game But in the remainder of the match, the Kazakh was untouchable on her serve as she fired seven aces – won 85 percent of her first serve points – and didn’t face any break points.
Rybakina was especially dominant on her serve in the second set as she won all 11 of her first serve points and lost a total of five points on her serve during the entire set.
Svitolina: Williams had an unbelievable serve, Rybakina is there too
“For sure top-5. It’s a great serve that she has. I feel like Serena as well was an unbelievable server. I think Elena is someone that also returns quite good. Especially on grass….
