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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Simon Cambers

‘I don’t feel pressure’: Elena Rybakina unfazed by Wimbledon favourite tag

Elena Rybakina plays a forehand
Elena Rybakina is through to the quarter-finals after easing past Anna Kalinskaya. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

When you have already won Wimbledon, perhaps the prospect of doing it again is not that daunting. “I don’t feel pressure,” said Elena Rybakina, the winner here two years ago. “Every opponent is difficult and I know that I must always bring my best and that’s what I try to do for every match. I’m just really enjoying every time I step out on the court, I am happy I am going fine in the draw and hopefully I can go to the end.”

Rybakina eased into the quarter-finals on Monday when her opponent, Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya, quit owing to a wrist injury, trailing 6-3, 3-0 on Centre Court. Rybakina was in rampant form before Kalinskaya pulled out. Two years after her victory here, the Kazakh will play Elina Svitolina for a place in the last four.

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