“Rybakina deserved to win the Australian Open, but Sobolenko was a little more lucky” – Tarpishchev

The President of the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpishchev believes that in the final of the Australian Open between Belarusian Arina Sobolenko and Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan, both tennis players deserved to win, but the representative of Belarus was a little more lucky.

In the final match, the Belarusian tennis player beat the 2022 Wimbledon champion Rybakina from Kazakhstan with a score of 4:6, 6:3, 6:4.

– It was a good ending: intriguing and stubborn, with different possibilities. In the end, probably, Sobolenko decided a little more power in the game. At the beginning, she did not serve as well as at the end. And yet, from the back line, she found options to strengthen her game. But, basically, it’s luck. Rybakina also deserved to win because she played very decently. I think that Sobolenko was a little more fortunate. In fact, we can say that both athletes have really established themselves as one of the leaders in world tennis over the past two years. Rybakina deservedly won Wimbledon last year, and now Sobolenko has won. In reality, the competition among women is great, but I would give preference to Schwentek in terms of the stability of the results and the variety of techniques. But tennis is interesting for that, ”Championship” quotes Tarpishchev.