Elena Rybakina reveals she truly finds Aryna Sabalenka more durable to play towards than Iga Swiatek and claims the explanation for that lies in the truth that she and the Belarusian tennis star have a really related recreation type.
Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, is the participant with essentially the most wins towards Swiatek for the reason that Pole turned the world No. 1 – having crushed the Pole 4 instances of their final 5 conferences. Total, Rybakina owns a 4-2 head-to-head versus Swiatek.
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On the opposite facet, Rybakina has had some notable wins over Sabalenka however the Belarusian nonetheless leads their head-to-head 6-3. Additionally, Rybakina wanted 5 matches to clinch her first win towards Sabalenka.
And on the French Open – the place she, Swiatek and Sabalenka are considered the highest favorites – Rybakina was requested to select a more durable to play between Swiatek and Sabalenka.
“Effectively, I might say Aryna. We play a variety of powerful matches, and he or she’s very aggressive. She has good energy. And with Iga I really feel like I’ve extra dominant within the, simply, recreation by my energy over Iga. With Aryna, it’s more durable,” Rybakina defined.
Rybakina on beating Swiatek main as much as the French Open
In her opening clay event of the yr, Rybakina gained Stuttgart and her run to the title included a 6-3 4-6 6-3 win over Swiatek. And never solely that Rybakina beat Swiatek, however she additionally turned the primary participant to defeat the Pole in Stuttgart – the world No. 1 was coming off back-to-back Stuttgart titles and had a 10-0 report on the event earlier than dropping to the Kazakh.
Now on the French Open, Rybakina and Swiatek might face solely within the ultimate. If Rybakina makes her first French Open ultimate this yr and meets Swiatek there, she admits the Stuttgart win will give her confidence that she will be able to do the identical in Paris.
“Yeah, after all, it offers me a variety of confidence. As I at all times say, I feel I enhance yearly, each event. In fact these wins towards Iga, it offers you confidence,” Rybakina stated.
Rybakina performs Greetje Minnen within the French Open first spherical on Monday.
