Wimbledon champion Jelena Rybakina
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“I didn’t choose where I was born”
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Elena Rybakina was born in Moscow but has been representing Kazakhstan since 2018.
(Photo: Joe Toth/AFP)
Wimbledon had excluded athletes from Russia and Belarus – and now Moscow-born Jelena Rybakina wins the tournament. After her victory she is terrified, instead of celebrating, she sheds tears.
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Gerald Kleffmann, Wimbledon
They were absurd scenes, given that one had won and the other had lost. And it was about nothing less than the most important match of both careers.
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