Rybakina: "Five sets is too much, I would keep playing best of three"

Elena Rybakina has played twelve matches this season and has won eleven. Not bad at all for the Kazakh, the fittest woman on the current circuit. This week, she is already in the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 in Doha, where she has been asked about the possibility of women playing five-set matches in 2027. Her response is quite clear.

"I would like to continue playing three-set matches, five is too much. I'm not sure the quality of the matches would be as good with five sets, so I don't know how many players would be in favor of this decision, but I see it as quite difficult," Rybakina's opinion, who will face Victoria Mboko this afternoon for a spot in the semifinals.

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