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Rybakina is one of the top five tennis players on the WTA Tour this year. She has had a fantastic season so far, winning titles in Brisbane, Abu Dhabi and Stuttgart. She is also the only tennis player to have beaten Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek in 2024. Elena flew to Wimbledon after the quarter-finals of the German Open. She opened the tournament by easily beating Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-3, 6-1. Rybakina then beat Laura Siegemund and Caroline Wozniacki en route to the fourth round in London. She beat the Dane 6-0, 6-1 in just 58 minutes.
Anna Kalinskaya, meanwhile, is also having a successful season, scoring 24 wins in 36 matches, including the finals in Dubai and Berlin. She also reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, but lost to Zheng Qingwen in a three-set match.
At Wimbledon, the Russian beat Panna Udvardi and Marie Bouzkova in the first two rounds, then eliminated Lyudmila Samsonova with a 7-6(4), 6-2 victory in the third round.
In personal meetings between Rybakina and Kalinskaya, the score is 2-2. Rybakina won their last meeting at the 2024 Italian Open.
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