2022 Wimbledon champion Olena Rybakina has said she feels she is not being given the attention she deserves as a Grand Slam winner and is being treated as the WTA No. London).

Olena Rybakina feels robbed after winning Wimbledon-2022: “I should have been #2”

Seven weeks after the greatest success in her career, Rybakina could not come to terms with the fact that she was deprived of the 2,000 points that should have come after the victory.

“Looking back at the last few weeks, I don’t feel like a Wimbledon winner. I think the problem is the structure of the WTA tournament. I dreamed of winning Wimbledon, but I still haven’t realized it, I haven’t had time to enjoy the success. It takes time to realize what you’ve done, but you jump from tournament to tournament, you have to defend points. It’s a shame not to feel like I’ve won a Grand Slam” – Olena Rybakinaquoted by eurosport.co.uk.

The WTA and ATP decided not to count points at this year’s Wimbledon in response to the organizers’ decision to ban the participation of Russian and Belarusian players.

“I was supposed to be second in the WTA race. This is not fair. Of course, we can’t do anything anymore, this is a decision that was made earlier.” Rybakina also saidwhich should have been in the WTA top 10, not the 25th.

Olena Rybakina is disappointed with the way the organizers treat her: “Some things need to be changed”

Rybakina believes that the organizers of the tournament treat her as the 25th racket of the world, and not as the winner of the Grand Slam tournament. In Cincinnati, Elena’s match with Garbiñe Muguruza (winner of two majors) was scheduled on court 4, which upset the Cossack.

“There’s a different attitude towards everyone when you’re in the Top 10 or Top 20 compared to being No. 1 in the world. Even though you’ve won Wimbledon, you feel like you’re not being looked at the way you deserve.

To give you an example: I had a match against Muguruza, a major champion, and we had to play on court 4. I had questions about that decision. I don’t think it was fair to us.

Some things need to be changed, in my opinion there are a lot of things that need to be improved on the track” – Olena Rybakina.

The athlete representing Kazakhstan believes that it is necessary to listen more to the main stakeholders, that is, the players, writes Agerpres.

In the first round of the US Open 2022, Rybakina will meet Clara Burel (132 WTA). In the third round, Olena could face Aryna Sabalenko (favorite 6).