Rybakina said she does not consider herself a «finished product» of the Russian school

NUR-SULTAN, Jul 12 Kazakh tennis player Elena Rybakina said that her cannot be called a «finished product» of the Russian school. Earlier, the President of the Russian Tennis Federation (RTF), Shamil Tarpishchev, said that Rybakina, representing Kazakhstan, is a product of the Russian school. On Saturday, the athlete beat Ons Jaber from Tunisia and became the winner of Wimbledon 2022. «I believe that, of course, I was a junior in the first place and it is impossible to call me a finished product, because the transition from juniors to an adult professional career is difficult. that you should have a good team around, not everyone manages to continue at a professional level at all, but only a few achieve some heights, it seems to me. «, — she said at a press conference on Tuesday. Rybakina, 23 years old, played in the final of the Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career. She is a native of Moscow, until 2018 the tennis player represented Russia. In June 2018, Rybakina changed her sports citizenship to Kazakhstani.