According to experts, Yelena Rybakina may be Iga Świątek's toughest opponent in the Australian Open bracket. Let us remind you that the tennis players can face each other in the semi-finals. However, before this happens, both players will play their fourth round matches. The Pole will face German Eva Lys, who was eliminated in the qualifications but replaced Anna Kalinska. Kazakh, in turn, had to wait for Madison Keys, who eliminated Danielle Collins.
Jelena Rybakina's drama in the third round of the Australian Open
However, there was drama in Yelena Rybakina's match. After fourteen minutes, Kazashka needed medical help. A physiotherapist massaged her lower back, which could have ended her participation in the Australian Open prematurely.
“Immediately after returning to the court, she broke Jastremska, although she needed three break points. She continued to control the tempo of the match and maintained a good serve. It was enough to win the set 6:3,” he reported Marcin Jaz, journalist of Sport.pl. Ultimately, the tennis player overcame the pain and Dayana Jastremska 6:3, 6:4 and advanced to the next round.
Elena Rybakina is honest about her situation: I need magic
After the match, the tennis player was asked if everything was okay with her back. “Not really. I'll see my physiotherapist and hope he does something magical. It's not good because it's the lower back. Let's hope we do everything we can,” she said, quoted by the BBC.
“To be honest, it doesn't look too good for now,” she emphasized.
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Elena Rybakina has recently had a lot of problems and injuries excluded her from the game. She was excluded from the Olympic Games in Paris by acute bronchitis. In turn, after advancing to the second round of the US Open, she decided to withdraw due to an injury. ” For the same reason, the 25-year-old withdrew from the WTA 500 tournament in Seoul. And that was not the end. In September, the Kazakhstan representative announced her withdrawal from the WTA 1000 competition in Beijing, where she had reached the semi-finals last year. And a day later she confirmed that that she will also be absent from the WTA 1000 tournament in Wuhan” – we wrote on Sport.pl.