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Tennis – Wimbledon – All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain – July 9, 2022 Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina poses with the trophy after winning the women’s singles final against Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur REUTERS/Toby Melville
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Tennis – Wimbledon – All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain – July 9, 2022 Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina poses with the trophy after winning the women’s singles final against Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur REUTERS/Toby Melville
Elena Rybakina has had a dream campaign at the recently concluded Wimbledon Championships. She lifted her maiden Grand Slam title on arguably the biggest stage of tennis. Rybakina defeated Ons Jabeur in a thrilling summit clash to lift the Venus Rosewater Dish for the first time. The Kazakhstan tennis star overcame all odds to win the biggest title of her career.
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However, this victory has come on the back of some consistent performances throughout this season. Earlier this year, she made it to the final of the Adelaide International 1 tournament, losing against Ashleigh Barty in the summit clash. Further, she also reached the quarterfinals in Indian Wells. Recently, Rybakina opened up about her inspiration in tennis.
Elena Rybakina draws inspiration from Roger Federer
During a question-and-answer session on Instagram, the Kazakh tennis star was asked about who was her inspiration in tennis. Replying to this question, she said, “Always like how Roger Federer is playing. His game is amazing but yeah, except him, I was just enjoying watching the matches no matter who plays and yeah, it’s just a joy to watch any matches especially when it’s a great fight.”
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Roger Federer sempre inspirando 🥰 pic.twitter.com/cwnkocYZyn
— Violet Oswald 🌼 (@violetoswald_) July 12, 2022
Not only Rybakina, the Swiss maestro has been an inspiration for many. Such has been the stature of Federer that he has impressed one and all with his audacious displays over the years. Off late, he has been away from tennis due to a knee injury. However, Federer hopes to come back to the tour stronger than ever later this year.
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2019 US Open Tennis Tournament- Day Nine. Roger Federer of Switzerland reacts during his match against Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria in the Men’s Singles Quarter-Finals match on Arthur Ashe Stadium during the 2019 US Open Tennis Tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 3rd, 2019 in Flushing, Queens, New York City. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Earlier this year, Federer announced that he’ll play in the Laver Cup and the Swiss Indoors Basel.
Russian Federation congratulates Rybakina
The President of the Russian Tennis Federation, Shamil Tarpischev, congratulated Rybakina on winning the Wimbledon Championships 2022. He said, “It’s fantastic, well done Elena! We won the Wimbledon tournament!”
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Earlier, Rybakina had dismissed a journalist’s question who asked her whether she felt Russian. She said that she was happy representing Kazakhstan.
