Elena Rybakina (eliminated by Anna Blinkova, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (20)): “What is certain is that I have never played such a long tie-break in my life ( 42 points, half an hour of play). I had a lot of opportunities, sometimes bad luck, but it didn’t work out in my favor. Of course, I didn’t play my best tennis, but that’s how it is. Next time, maybe it will go my way.
You can’t play everything perfectly. And I could have lost this match sooner. It was a very tough battle and tennis is a complicated sport. Sometimes we don’t feel good when we wake up, but that’s how it is. You have to accept it and still try to find a way to get through it. Even though I’ve had physical problems, that’s no excuse. And I still fought until the end. If I hadn’t felt capable of playing, I wouldn’t have taken the field. »
