Boris KhodorovskyAll materialsFor the first time in her career, the Grand Slam tournament was won by 23-year-old Elena Rybakina. The current Wimbledon is quite specific due to the lack of Russian and Belarusian tennis players (six out of the top 50 tournament was missing). However, the achievement of the Muscovite, playing under the flag of Kazakhstan, should not be underestimated. The first tennis fans were told about Rybakina five years ago by two-time Grand Slam winner Yevgeny Kafelnikov. His post on the page on the social network was dedicated to Andrei Chesnokov, partner in the Russian national team in the Davis Cup, whom numerous couch experts for some reason called the “collective farm coach.” “Stop talking nonsense about Andrei!” Kafelnikov wrote. “It cost him six weeks ago take a girl who respects and listens to him, and the result appeared. Lena Rybakina. Remember this name. «Few remembered. Such girls appeared in Russian tennis every year. Victories at the ITF tournaments held in Russia, success at the junior Grand Slams have not yet guaranteed anything. Rybakina, who is already 19 years old, finished the 2018 season on the 191st line in the ranking. Although Elena started it, as they say, «for health.» After qualifying for the St.Petersburg Ladies Trophy, the young Russian won two matches in the main draw — against the Swiss Timea Bachinsky and the Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, who at that time occupied the seventh line in the world ranking.
