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Rybakina Elena - 26-year-old from Kazakhstan. As far as I have been observing her, her confidence and stability began to decline at the end of 2025, when she needed to enter the final WTA top eight. Since then, her game has greatly improved, her confidence in her abilities has returned, and the Australian Open courts are practically Rybakina's. She serves a series of aces without even blinking. She wins points with her first and second serve so well that few can boast the same, against Mertens both serves are over 70%, against Valentova both serves are over 60%. Valenvtova, in my opinion, somewhat resembles Swiatek in her game, and I would even say she could give the Polish player a run for her money on hard courts.
Speaking of the Polish player, Swiatek is not suited to play on hard courts and other fast surfaces, and even at her WTA 2 ranking, she would drop 5-10 positions if she played on the popular hard court. Although the Polish player held the number one spot for a long time, she has never reached a semifinal in the Australian Open Grand Slam.
Overall, she has not faced any significant opponents in this tournament. When facing a tougher opponent on the hard court, her game completely falls apart, she can't even serve normally, it's a tragedy to watch. This has been the case on hard courts in all tournaments since the fall of 2025, and this year we can see the same in matches against Bencic without mercy, or against an unstable Gauff, where she has nothing to offer and just falls into despair.
This is a very risky bet.
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