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Joshua Lees

Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina admits winning prestigious title was "not the greatest"

Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina has admitted winning the title at SW19 in July was "not the greatest". She secured the most prestigious crown of her career when defeating Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the final last month.

The Kazakh though has been left somewhat underwhelmed with winning the title, after she dropped to 25th in the world due to ranking points not being on offer at Wimbledon.

The points were stripped ahead of the tournament, after the All England Club banned Russian and Belarusian players from competing following the invasion of Ukraine. Discussing her thoughts since winning the tournament, Rybakina said: "It's a pity. I feel like I'm not the Wimbledon champion."

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