🎾 Elena Mireles vs Louise Wikander
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The recent winner of the Strasbourg tournament continues with her adventure at a Roland Garros 2025 that is very different for her. Accustomed to being among the top players in the WTA Rankings, this season has been very different for Elena Rybakina as she continues to search for the formula to take that next step. For now, after that first title of the year, the Kazakh player seems to be on the right path.
Regaining the rhythm
“It’s definitely not the start of the season I used to have before. Normally, after the preseason, I played very well. This time has been different. Last year I missed the end of the entire season, it takes me time to get back to where I want, but little by little, I think we are heading in the right direction, working on pretty much everything to be better every day,” said the Kazakh in a press conference.
A very long day
“I warmed up at 12:30, and then I was ready by 13:00. It was raining a bit. That didn’t change the schedule much, but the previous match, the men’s match, was a bit longer. I didn’t do much. I just warmed up, changed, had lunch, chatted a bit with the team, and then waited for my match. I took a nap, something I don’t usually do. But the previous match was very long.
If you play after the men, you never know what’s going to happen because they play the best of five. It’s a bit complicated. You have to be prepared. If you start warming up and the match continues, you wait and warm up again. It’s the most you can do. That’s how it is. You try to do your best. Sometimes it happens.”
Her relationship with Stefano Vukov
For several months now, there has been controversy surrounding everything related to Vukov, her former coach, although she continues to work with him unofficially following the WTA’s instructions. Elena clarified that Stefano remains part of her team, albeit in a different way: “We usually train together between tournaments, not when the tournament is ongoing.”
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Rybakina aclara el método de trabajo que mantiene con Vukov tras la polémica
