MELBOURNE: Elena Rybakina will transform the primary Kazakh Tennis participant to go into the highest 10 singles international scores after her run to the Australian Open ultimate on Saturday, making up quite for the issues she neglected out on in her Wimbledon triumph ultimate summer time.
But the Russian-born participant mentioned the carry would now not alternate him.
“I don’t think tomorrow I’m going to feel different just because of the ranking now,” she advised journalists.
Rybakina, who switched allegiance to Kazakhstan in 2018, was once crushed 4-6 6-3 6-4 through the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka within the Melbourne Park ultimate and can upward push to quantity 10 on the planet from quantity 25 when the scores are up to date on Monday.
She misplaced out on 2,000 score issues after her Wimbledon win for the reason that Grand Slam was once stripped of issues for banning Russian and Belarusian avid gamers over the struggle in Ukraine. But she shrugged off having to begin her Australian Open marketing campaign on an outer courtroom.
“For sure, it’s going to be different in the smaller tournaments I would say. I’m going to be seeded. Maybe in some tournaments I’m not going to play in the first round.
“So after all there are some advantages out of this. But needless to say I do not truly take a look at the numbers or scores that a lot.”
Rybakina said reaching a second major final so quickly after her first had eased some of the pressure of expectations.
“Yeah, needless to say. Even I might say I’m making an attempt to not take into consideration expectancies and the whole lot,” Rybakina said.
“I believe in any case it is simply self assurance to head ahead, to stay on running. Now I’ve extra self assurance, even after this ultimate. I simply want to paintings onerous, similar as I did all the way through pre-season and in truth all the way through the years, be wholesome and needless to say the effects are going to come back.”
Kazakhstan Tennis Federation president Bulat Utemuratov said reaching the final was a feat in itself after Rybakina defeated three Grand Slam champions along the way in Iga Swiatek, Jelena Ostapenko and Victoria Azarenka.
“It’s transparent that Elena is feeling increasingly more assured on various kinds of surfaces, intelligently adapting her ways relying on her combatants, and making improvements to her sport,” Utemuratov said in a statement.
“Hopefully this nice efficiency on the Australian Open will mark the beginning of a a hit 12 months of play for Elena.”
But the Russian-born participant mentioned the carry would now not alternate him.
“I don’t think tomorrow I’m going to feel different just because of the ranking now,” she advised journalists.
Rybakina, who switched allegiance to Kazakhstan in 2018, was once crushed 4-6 6-3 6-4 through the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka within the Melbourne Park ultimate and can upward push to quantity 10 on the planet from quantity 25 when the scores are up to date on Monday.
She misplaced out on 2,000 score issues after her Wimbledon win for the reason that Grand Slam was once stripped of issues for banning Russian and Belarusian avid gamers over the struggle in Ukraine. But she shrugged off having to begin her Australian Open marketing campaign on an outer courtroom.
“For sure, it’s going to be different in the smaller tournaments I would say. I’m going to be seeded. Maybe in some tournaments I’m not going to play in the first round.
“So after all there are some advantages out of this. But needless to say I do not truly take a look at the numbers or scores that a lot.”
Rybakina said reaching a second major final so quickly after her first had eased some of the pressure of expectations.
“Yeah, needless to say. Even I might say I’m making an attempt to not take into consideration expectancies and the whole lot,” Rybakina said.
“I believe in any case it is simply self assurance to head ahead, to stay on running. Now I’ve extra self assurance, even after this ultimate. I simply want to paintings onerous, similar as I did all the way through pre-season and in truth all the way through the years, be wholesome and needless to say the effects are going to come back.”
Kazakhstan Tennis Federation president Bulat Utemuratov said reaching the final was a feat in itself after Rybakina defeated three Grand Slam champions along the way in Iga Swiatek, Jelena Ostapenko and Victoria Azarenka.
“It’s transparent that Elena is feeling increasingly more assured on various kinds of surfaces, intelligently adapting her ways relying on her combatants, and making improvements to her sport,” Utemuratov said in a statement.
“Hopefully this nice efficiency on the Australian Open will mark the beginning of a a hit 12 months of play for Elena.”