Elena Rybakina showed her class with a nice message to Aryna Sabalenka after winning the Australian Open.
Following her second career Grand Slam triumph after Wimbledon in 2022, Rybakina reacted: “Hard to find the words now, but of course I want to congrats to Aryna for amazing results for a couple of years.
“I know it’s tough but I just hope that we’re going to play many more finals together, and of course congrats to your team for all the improvements, a great job [they’ve] done.
“I want to say thank you of course to you guys for such an incredible atmosphere, it was vital and honestly your support kept us going. And thank you so much to Kazakhstan, I felt the support from that corner a lot.
“Thank you everyone who made this tournament possible, Tennis Australia, Craig of course for making us feel so well here. It’s a really happy slam and I always enjoy coming here and playing in front of you guys.
“And of course I would like to say thank you to my team, without you it wouldn’t be possible, really. We had a lot of things going on and I’m really glad we achieved this result. Thank you to all of you, hopefully we can keep on going strong this year.
“Also I would like to say thank you to the medical team here, always doing a great job. Hope I didn’t forget anyone!
“Actually, I want to say thank you to my sponsors and the president of our tennis federation, thank you always for coming and supporting us. Today we had a few other matches with Kazakhstan players and I’m really proud, and hopefully we can continue doing a great job. Thank you so much everyone, thank you.”
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