Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina has booked her French Open third-round spot with a 6-3 6-3 victory over rising Czech teenager Linda Noskova, confirming her standing as one of many front-runners for the title.
Fourth seed Rybakina, who additionally reached this 12 months’s Australian Open ultimate, hit 30 winners to world No.50 Noskova’s 16, although each gamers had 26 unforced errors.
Rybakina insisted she was nonetheless not fully comfy on the clay floor, regardless of her current Italian Open triumph.
“I cannot say that here it’s easy for me. It’s still every match getting better and better,” Rybakina stated on court docket. “It was a bit slippery for me today, I don’t know why.”
The tall Kazak is banking most of her confidence on her peak benefit.
“This is my good weapon,” she stated, “but, at the same time, to move on clay it’s not easy. It’s always I need more to prepare and, of course, be more patient during the rallies.”
Rybakina, a member of the brand new ‘Big Three’ of ladies’s tennis together with fellow title contenders, world No.1 Iga Swiatek and second seed Aryna Sabalenka, additionally received the Indian Wells title on hardcourt this season and reached the ultimate on the Miami Open.
with The AP
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
