Elena Rybakina Illness – Elena Rybakina is well-recognized as a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She has been ranked the No. 3 player by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). She is the first player to be ranked in the world’s top 10. She has a career record of 272–124 (68.7%) in singles having 5 career titles with the highest ranking of No. 3 and current ranking of no. 3. She has a career record in doubles of 51–48 (51.5%) with the Highest ranking No. 48 and Current ranking No. 93.
Elena Rybakina Illness
Elena Rybakina has been suffering from a respiratory illness that affected her during the French Open Tournament. She has been battling a bad case of viral flu caused by fever and headache.
How is Elena Rybakina now? Health Update
Elena Rybakina has taken a break from her matches. She said,
“I wouldn’t say that I had much time off. Now I had off only because of the virus, but I didn’t get a chance to do anything. I was just in bed.
“Well, the holidays I took, as I said, either because I was sick now or, like, not really. I was actually traveling, playing a lot, practicing, so … Maybe after Wimbledon.”
Elena Rybakina is recovered from the illness. She fell ill due to the lingering virus.
Elena Rybakina Pulls out of French Open due to illness
Elena Rybakina got affected by her illness during the French Open causing her to pull out in the 3rd round. She took a break from the Eastbourne tournament due to the lingering virus.
She announced her decision not to take the court for her 3rd round match against Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo.
She told to reporters,
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“I was not feeling good already yesterday and the day before, so I didn’t sleep two nights and had some fever. I tried to warm up, but I feel that the right decision is to withdraw.”
“I saw the doctor and they said there’s a virus doing the rounds here in Paris. With my allergy, immune system went down and I picked up something. I had fever, headache. It’s difficult to run and even breathe.”
Elena Rybakina withdraws from French Open through illness
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Elena battles through illness to defend at Wimbledon
Elena opened up about the effects of the illness that forced her to end her participation at the 2023 French Open Championship. She disclosed the challenges she faced in recovering from illness. She said in her pre-tournament press conference,
“It’s been tough actually. At the French Open, after I withdrew, I went back to the hotel and it was even worse so I had to stay in Paris for a few days not leaving the room. I started my preparation week after just slowly starting and it was tough since it was a virus.”
She also told that she is not the best physically to gain match experience in Eastbourne ahead of her title defense at Wimbledon 2023. She said,
“So I still think that I’m not 100 percent physically where I want to be but slowly it’s getting better and hopefully I can get some more matches here and feel more comfortable at Wimbledon.”
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