Elena Rybakina reveals she really finds Aryna Sabalenka more durable to play towards than Iga Swiatek and claims the rationale for that lies in the truth that she and the Belarusian tennis star have a really related sport type.
Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, is the participant with probably the most wins towards Swiatek because the Pole grew to become the world No. 1 – having overwhelmed the Pole 4 occasions of their final 5 conferences. General, Rybakina owns a 4-2 head-to-head versus Swiatek.
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On the opposite aspect, 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 thought to be the highest favorites – Rybakina was requested to select a more durable to play between Swiatek and Sabalenka.
“Nicely, I might say Aryna. We play quite a lot of powerful matches, and she or he’s very aggressive. She has good energy. And with Iga I really feel like I’ve extra dominant within the, simply, sport 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 12 months, 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 grew to become 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 document on the event earlier than dropping to the Kazakh.
Now on the French Open, Rybakina and Swiatek might face solely within the closing. If Rybakina makes her first French Open closing this 12 months and meets Swiatek there, she admits the Stuttgart win will give her confidence that she will do the identical in Paris.
“Yeah, after all, it provides me quite a lot of confidence. As I at all times say, I feel I enhance yearly, each event. In fact these wins towards Iga, it provides you confidence,” Rybakina mentioned.
Rybakina performs Greetje Minnen within the French Open first spherical on Monday.
