London: The roof is open for the center court for what it seems like ages. On this land, though accompanied by sweaters with cold snap jackets being their order of the day, light still flowed steadily on them. For some time a cart was thrown into a rubbish bin. Wimbledon will see her again in action later in the afternoon but Elena Rybakina provided even more entertainment with her precise ball control throughout that game.
In the quarterfinals, Kazakhstan defeated Svitolina and met Krejcikova in the semifinals.
The number four seed and 2022 winner here registered 28 winners in a 6-3, 6-2 win over world No. 21 Elena Svitolina. Barbora Krejcikova who is seeded No.31 faces Rybakina on Thursday in the semis after recovering from a second set score of one-four to beat Jelena Ostapenko (No.13 seed) at SW19 with two sets of six-four and seven-six (7/4), as she reaches the WTA level semi-finals for her first time.
Rybakina prefers to keep her interactions short on and off-court, having now improved an amazing record of 19-2 at Wimbledon’s major draw. “From the first shot I was aggressive. I played well from behind and felt good.” As far my return goes,” stated The Kazakh player when serving.
“While there is no high percentage today for serving me, however it helped me a lot especially during crucial moments,” said Rybakina about her chances against world’s #1 player except Iga Swiatek (seven matches not including Fed Cup ) who tied at WTA level semifinals before this week’s contest saying that she is better prepared than two years back for latter stages of Grand Slam. At that point in time I didn’t think I would reach such heights in this draw.
“I hope that with all my experience and time having passed, I will compete on this level in the tournament,” “I’m more experienced and know what to do,” “It’s different tension for Kazakh now. Every time I play a nervous game. This is still the same.” Said the 25-year-old from Moscow.
“I think that nowadays every little bit counts”, she said. “I am definitely much more nervous now than in 2022. I will be playing at Center Court for my first time. It’s full of people, so much attention.” Now, however, I’m getting used to it a little bit. These are games that you should perceive differently.”
Rybakina who had the highest number of ace serves among women players in this year’s world championship (31, tied with Sun Lulu) lost none in her two other encounters on hard courts (2021 and 2022) but finished -2 against Krejcikova.
Game 1 Women’s Final Four Jasmine Paolini (7th seed) She will be battling against Croatian Donna Vekic shot-maker ranked roughly thirty places below her.
