*Exactly! She didn't drop a set and her serve is impeccable. I can easily believe another major is in her immediate future if she stay injury-free.*

her best perfomance was against Emma. Elena did well but seriously Sabalenka was awful, Emma was actually trying

Yes best tennis of her career was truly seen against Emma Raducanu

ELENA'S best performance resulted in winning WIMBY 2022 final !!

@@robertmartin7594 and?

@@deusexmachina9776 she got better since then, today she gained points at the net playing very well for example.

not gonna lie, it was pretty hilarious how Rybakina won the first 8 games without making any sounds/ showing any emotion while Sabalenka grunted, moaned and screamed like her life depended on it 😂

​@@mewtwo87 that's her style of play, isnt'it

@@joseflustig2369 Yes, to distract opponents wit her noise. She didn't invent it, that happened in the late 80ties.

STOP@@edek816

She’s always had the talent. Ever since her tour debut and even her ITF days, she’s always been taped up and playing through injury. Let’s hope this is finally the year where she overcomes any physical issues she has had in the past.

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Elena seems to be woken up from her dreams and turning the beast mode on 😅

No1 😂 ,it's just a training before AO.Sabalenka looks tired already

Don't get overexcited, Brisbane is low profile tour. Except Rybakina and Sabalenka none from top 10 played there. She didn't have to face Samsonova, Pegula, Cristea, Jabeur, Haddad Maia, all of them defeated Rybakina last year. Sabalenka started the match same way as US Open semifinal where she also lost 0:6 in 1st set to Keys. After 1st set she asked for medical help, obviously she had some issues and I doubt that she played at her 100% as she didn't want to risk one week before AO.

Rybakina’s calmness will eventually become the most dangerous part about her when she starts to get used to winning tournaments. She can be down 3 break points to lose the final and just calmly save all of them when all of the others would have cracked(especially Sabalenka but even Iga in that situation).

She doesn't have everything, but okay

@@BlastersFC She really does though. She is strong and more agile than people think and she is extremely mentally strong and calm without even trying to be. Eventually her getting to finals of majors will be a forgone conclusion after this year and she is going to win most if not all of them.

The talent in WTA is amazing. And Osaka is back. Imagine if Barty was still playing.

and may the best woman.. win

She better start acting like a woman when she's losing because we'll have a new no 1 soon...

@@sportsmediaamerica A very underrated comment! 🙂🙂🙂

Да у нее есть шансы . Но я думаю ей мешают травмы и она устает после череды игры . Ей надо распределять силы равномерно.

Another eastern European clown on their knees, confusing a tennis match with a beauty pageant. Have you people, in that corner of the world, no dignity or common sense left in you? So embarrassing to read.

whats wrong with celebrating a win?

she is elegant for sure, but somehow she gives that bridesmaid vibe.

Exactly 😂​@@gzhang6073

This is some sexist BS.

She's the female Federer, silent but deadly!😂

​@@eyeofthetiger6002exactly, she is)

@@eyeofthetiger6002yes so elegant! Fed is my fave, miss him playing :(

I like what you did there haha, I call her big Rubes.

Steffi always looked sour on court and wasn't especially gracious.

She was outplayed by Iga in Cancun

@@filip6610 didnt see that match honestly - that whole tournament was a mess and the quality was bad

@@filip6610true but Cancun was also a shitshow. Had a feeling most of the players just wanted to get tf out of there and end the season

Sabalenka outplays only screaming

@@filip6610 I am an Iga fan, too, but I didn't put too much weight on that match because the conditions were absolutely horrendous and favored players like Pegula and Iga but was hell for power players like Sabalenka and Rybakina.

The new best version anyway.

Did you actually watched this game ? Sabalenka had left hip/thigh concern, she had to ask for medical help. I don't think that she was 100% fit in this game and having AO in mind i doubt she wanted to risk and win no matter the price. So it can not be Rybakina best performance, AO 2023 final was way more better.

@@piqo44 i talk about the whole tournament performance. Sabalenka played badly, but it's about Rybakina's great performance too. In WTA Finals Sabalenka also played badly, but beat Elena.

@@piqo44 During last year's AO, her finals performance was her worst in the tournament. She did not serve well in that match. I don't buy Sabalenka's medical timeout as due to real physical issues. She was on court for barely 5 hours before the final, and she never had physical issues even in grandslams before. Sabalenka is known to be one of the fittest, if not the fittest athlete in the WTA, no way she's gonna have physical issues in that match. It was a tactical ploy, actually a desperation move by her team to throw Rybakina off her rhythm, after she got broken again in her first service game in the second set as she was in real danger of being double bageled, . And her injury magically disappeared later, it it was real, she wouldn''t be able to chase Rybakina's balls and she would have lost 6-0 6-1

@@tennisobserver995 So Rybakina can explain her loses with injuries but other can not ? Swiatek in 2022 won 37 games in row, only fittest athletes can do something like this, but at the beginning of 2023 season she for the first time had few health issues. Sabalenka is not robot, she played against Rybakina many times in last couple of months and it was always close game, so I don't buy it that her form suddenly exploded its more likely Saba had bad day. Saba plays great at Australian soil, this lost can only motivate her, on the other hand Rybakina can be over confident.

@@piqo44 Yes Rybakina can explain her injuries because those were real injuries 🤣

She is starting to look more and more like Sharapova on the court and Sharapova was a grinder at the end of her career.

@@westonmeyer3110 yeah, except that she has a better serve than Sharapova, but to be honest, I think Sharapova would have won at least 10 slams if she had not played with that compromised shoulder for most of her career.

🤣🤣🤣🤣

velvet nuke is such a nice description for Elena. yours is a very underrated comment in this thread.

Well…

Absolutely. And on top of all that, she is also a beautiiful woman.

Rybakina doesn’t peak, she only falls to her new floor and then establishes a new ceiling shortly afterward. If she consistently plays even close to her best she will establish a new floor and ceiling again.

спасибо что болеете за русскую девушку

@@user-ix7zq1oz7k да без разницы какой она национальности, просто она нравится мне! Хорошая, добрая теннисистка! Мира всем!

Exactly my thoughts❤

I couldn't agree more, i made similar observations. And she also started to produce some sounds too while hitting the ball in crucial moments 😊😊

@@TENNIS365KZ didn't notice that. probably just a byproduct of exerting more effort to win the point, unlike Sabalenka and other screamers who do it to mask the sound of their strike and hinder the opponent.

This is a good analysis of the new version of Rybakina !

Yeah, "if". But she wont, cos staying close to your top level is a skill that she still needs to learn. She will most likely falter around qf of au.

От Казахстана там только флажок. 😊

​@@LobsterFromMarsа где флаг России? Флаг нельзя, гимн нельзя, нерукопожатны. Токсичная страна.

And got destroyed in Australian open.. you pervert

It probably is, Sabalenka has a monster forehand but she always avoids going into prolonged forehand to forehand crosscourt rallies with Rybakina because she always loses those exchanges. Same goes with Iga.

Казахи как всегда пресмыкающихся перед россиянами. Где зарина Диас, где казашка хоть одна, выросшая в Казахстане? Позор, а не гордость должна быть. Казахи стремный народец недорусские недокииайцы

sabalenka hits hard and hope it stays on court.

Sabalenka has more variety, former world number 1 in doubles. Rybakina just doesnt have mebtal ups and downs in matches

I only watched this highlights but did Rybakina run today? She just way easy to give up balls which requires running.. Sabalenka did a great pickup played against Vika.

Sabalenka has more variety, but Ryba got better control and clean shots

@@user-sl7ek3uj1d yes she was moving today but to be honest didnt have to do much with Sabalenka just gifting points

​@@deusexmachina9776 No, all Sabalenka does is "how hard can I hit this ball" then gets annoyed when it doesn't work out. Oh and the moaning is always hilarious.

She probably is close to the favorite now.

I will also consider Iga Świątek. She won all single matches at united cup and won China Open and WTA finals at the end of the season, she also won 6-4 with Rybakina at wył.

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