Rybakina explains why she preferred to rest before Wimbledon

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Elena Rybakina has suffered more than expected against Lois Boisson in her debut Wimbledon 2026, but in the end, she managed to salvage the situation with a score of 6-4 1-6 6-3. Additionally, in the press conference, she pointed out what surprised her the most about a clay court specialist like her opponent on this surface, and why she decided to take a few days off before playing at the All England Club.

The truth is that the Kazakh tennis player did not display her best level, partly due to Boisson's good performance, but she managed to gain momentum to continue adding victories and try to take the number one spot in the WTA ranking from Aryna Sabalenka. When asked about that almost two-week break, Rybakina stated, "I played two matches in one day at Queen's. The first day on grass, the match day was very intense, so I tried to recover for Berlin. I wasn't still at 100% there, so we decided with the team to take the rest week before. Now I feel physically well, so I think it was the right decision."

Rybakina reveals what surprised her most about Boisson

Regarding her opponent, Elena stated that she did not expect her to play at that level on her least favorite surface, praising her performance. "She played quite high for grass. It was difficult to adjust to those high balls. And then, getting the short slice shots was a bit tricky. I'll have to work more on these kinds of things. The serve worked intermittently, I'd love to have a higher percentage, but this is also something I need to improve for the next matches," she concluded.

Nevertheless, a win is a win, and Rybakina only defends the last year's round of 16. Therefore, the key is to find feelings in the early rounds and regain the title as she did at Wimbledon in 2022. In the second round, she will face Catherine McNally, who has reached two quarterfinals on the grass circuit, so she will have to raise her level a bit if she does not want to be surprised.

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