![]() ![]() ![]() She will pick up £2m of prize money if she does. ![]() “It’s tough question just to say exactly what I feel,” she added.Īnd it will perhaps be even more awkward if Rybakina wins Wimbledon. I’m feeling just the support of the people and very happy to represent Kazakhstan because I think I’m also bringing some results, which are very good for the sport in Kazakhstan.” “I was born in Russia, but of course I am representing Kazakhstan,” Rybakina said after reaching the semi-finals. She is not the only one to have been lured to Nur-Sultan by the offer of world-class facilities and seemingly bottomless financial support: Yulia Putintseva, Alexander Bublik and Mikhail Kukushkin all represent Kazakhstan but were born and first represented Russia.įor Rybakina, who in fact still lives in and trains in Moscow, it made for an awkward line of questioning, given that the majority of other Russian-born players are banned from this tournament. So they believed in me and they’re helping me a lot.” “I changed my citizenship to Kazakhstan because they believed in me and they offered. “The Kazakhstan Federation made me an offer and the decision was easier,” she said Rybakina though wanted to keep playing full-time. Because of tennis, I could get a better education.” He thought if I didn’t go to university, at home I would not get the same education. ![]()
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