Rybakina Elena - Swiatek Iga
.png?v=1.014689161)
- Yes: 100.0%
- No: 0.0%
- No Opinions: 0.0%
- Voted: 1
Pick: Rybakina Elena (setais 2:0) @225 7/10
Rybakina Elena - 26 years old from Kazakhstan. As far as I can tell, her confidence and stability started to return at the end of 2025, when she needed to qualify for the final stages of the WTA tour. Since then, her game has greatly improved and her confidence in her abilities has returned. And when it comes to the Australian Open, those are definitely Rybakina's cards. She serves aces without blinking. She is so good at winning points with her first and second serve that very few players can boast about it; against Mertens, both serves were above 70%, and against Valentova, both were above 60%. To me, Valentova's game somewhat resembles Swiatek's, and I would even say that she would give the Polish player a run for her money on a hard court.
Speaking of Swiatek, she cannot even think about playing on hard or other fast courts; she only reached the number 2 spot in the WTA rankings due to a mistake. In terms of her game on popular hard surfaces, she should stay in the top 5-10 at best. Even though she held the number one spot for a long time, she did not make it to the semi-finals of the Australian Open Grand Slam. Overall, she has not faced any serious competition in this tournament. When it comes to her game on hard courts, when faced with a tougher opponent who has a better serve, her game completely falls apart; she cannot even serve properly, and it becomes a tragedy. This has been the case on all hard courts since the fall of 2025, and we can see it in her matches against players like the relentless Bencic, or the unstable Gauff, who she cannot offer any resistance to and ultimately falls into despair.
A very big bet.
Comments (0)