The fourth racket in the world, Elena Rybakina, was shot a few minutes before the third round of the French Open (“Roland Garros”) match. The reasons for this decision are not yet known.
Today, June 3, the 23-year-old tennis player was due to tackle Spain’s Sara Sorribes-Tormo (132nd racket in the world) in the third round of Roland Garros.
The Spanish representative automatically advanced to the 1/8 final of the tournament. There he will meet Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) or Beatriz Haddad-Maya (Brazil).
Rybakina was born in Moscow and received Kazakh citizenship in 2018. She won Wimbledon last year and became the first Kazakhstani to win a singles Grand Slam.
viewers before booed Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina after refusing to shake hands with Russian Anna Blinkova during the third round match of the French Open.
Svitolina won with 6:2, 2:6, 5:7 scores.