Indian Wells champion Elena Rybakina's BEST points from her first WTA 1000 title run! 🏆

New World No.7 Elena Rybakina won her first title of the season, and the first WTA 1000 title of her career, at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells!
In a reversal of this year’s Australian Open championship match, the No.10 seed defeated No.2 seed Aryna Sabalenka 7-6(11), 6-4 in the final, triumphing at the first event of 2023’s Sunshine Double.
The reigning Wimbledon champion got past Paula Badosa, Varvara Gracheva and Karolina Muchova before ousting World No.1 and defending champion Iga Swiatek en route to the final.
Watch Rybakina's top plays throughout her stellar fortnight in the Californian desert!
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[@jankowal4655]

Elena soon will be number 1 WTA! Elena Polish fans love you! Congratulation on your next win!❤❤❤

[@MarieZel65]

Elena Rybakina is my newest favorite tennis player!!! Worth watching!! Now ranked # 7...soon to be Numero Uno.

[@stevehughes1510]

She's a gem this kid, so seemingly calm and together, will enjoy watching her over the years.

[@reniervanrooyen1704]

Thank you for recognizing a champion who is worthy of honor. This was no fluke (ask her competitors) but right out of the top draw. Well done and congrats Elena, a true professional you are! No tantrums, no intimidation, no craving for celebrity status, no disrespect or arrogance towards her competitors but just pure professionalism. Only a handful can stand in her shoes. Rybakina has mapped out a truly great future for herself. Not only have you brought honor to yourself, your team and your family but for all the people of Kazakhstan.. You have done them truly proud We will remember to pray for the nation because of the remarkable person you are!!!!

[@dddd181818]

/😅/😊

[@danr1852]

Rybakina was seeded at position 10. If you intended a play on the word draw, then please disregard this message. But the actual idiom is 'out of the top drawer' that is of high quality.

[@mtnpackmule1627]

🇺🇸I love Rybakina, and it broke my heart to see them basically ignore her in the trophy ceremony! No one presented the trophy to her, basically completed 90% percent of the ceremony is she stood off to the side, and and it seemed like no one would even look at her. Ruined my day.😔

[@rosaliearentsen2983]

Which nation she is a Russion who moved to the greener grass so she could reachbherbpotential and not be penalised for her true nstionality.Others who are innocent players in the war have had to play with penalties and family pressures etc.Kazakstan saw the money to be made and pounced. She is a very talented player and im sure a nice person .Kazakstan taking the glory.

[@mtnpackmule1627]

@@rosaliearentsen2983 🇺🇸I've heard the announcers tell the story a few times that she left for Kazakhstan about 5 years ago because they offered to financially support her, before she was making money. Maybe they profit now, but they supported her when nobody else would. And it was before the war. Just sayin.😏 GODBLESS🙏

[@sashatr5934]

Elena is amazing and has everything to be the next super star! Hope that WTA and huge brands will finally pay attention to this girl!

[@KaesOner]

She is already sponsored by Adidas and has been sponsored by Yonex since the start of her career. Both are elite brands for tennis players. But i agree that WTA and sports media dont give her enough attention, somehow they prefer to give attention to a privileged ranked 72 seed rather than Rybakina.

[@marselinn]

@@KaesOner YESSSS, I TOUGHT ONE PERSON AND YES, SHE İS RANKED 72, EXACTLY!!!! I think the attention they give to players is about nationality. Somehow British player shines against world number 1.

[@gerryparker864]

@@KaesOner Emma gets the treatment she does in one market, Great Britain. No one else cares about her anymore. The pretty looks and Open victory were important for a year but it's in the rear view mirror.

[@KaesOner]

@gerryparker864 Emma literally had a packed crowd on every game of indian wells. Her first round match had double the amount of viewers than even Elena's quarter finals. That says the marketing is still working and all the attention is still on her... People will watch whoever the media push them to watch, and they are still pushing Emma and not Elena.

[@Ethel-Wobo]

She won my heart since Wimbledon last year. I'm a huge fan.

[@alvincebach7830]

Elena Rybakina will be #1 in this year :) she is amazing WTA player, love her style very calm and play smart

[@jonkinnear-mt1yk]

Alvince Bach maybe, she has a great chance to get to number 1, Iga is strongest on clay though, so it will be interesting to see who comes out on top at the end of the year.

[@alvincebach7830]

@@jonkinnear-mt1yk But you have know she has a lot points to defend this year....

[@pawshands9706]

Elena is pure silk and power. A lethal combo to contend with.

[@ainurabazekenova7336]

Elegance and grace!!!

[@gerryparker864]

I wouldn't say grace, although elegance is there. The girl walks like giraffe, rather than gazelle.

[@ordinaryguy6869]

And all of that without a grunt or a peep. Queen Elena!!! 😊

[@jcpenny3606]

She's cute too.

[@АлмаСадвокасова-и2ы]

Спокойствие при любом счёте красота Алга Елена!!! Успехов тебе кызым!!! Мы все рады за тебя мы все любим тебя здоровья

[@kinglucifer4579]

Ryba Queena ❤🎉

[@antoinettekankindi6807]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 that's a good one

[@NR-ov6po]

Been my fav since I watched her for the first time @RG beating the mighty serena. Happy to see her getting all the love & appreciation from the tennis world. Hope she stays @ the top for a very long time winning many big titles 😍🙌🤞

[@danielasamoah250]

She should be ranked a bit higher. Last year She's been in; wimbledon final:. won 🟢 Australian open final: 2nd Indian wells final:. won 🟢 Love her ❤😍🥰🤩

[@gerryparker864]

She received no points for winning Wimbledon last year because of the no Russian issue. If she wins a couple more tournaments and then a major, the 1 seed will be there.

[@rajkrishnamurthy3090]

Ryb ripped em all! Her shot selection, serves, net approach will take her to another level. This is just a start for her!

[@joeytan9883]

Always poised, calm and humble. She was closed to winning WTA1000 when playing against Simona and I believed her time will come but covid came and she went downhill. So glad things are coming her way. Lesson learnt: Tough times don't last, but tough people do. I like her classy and humble behaviour even after a win.

[@westonmeyer3110]

That was a 500 event. Her best result at a 1000 event before this year was the quarterfinals at Indian Wells last year.

[@Gautam55558]

I want to see her winning more and more Grand Slams. First Roland Garros then Wimbledon then us open🔥

[@Supratube1]

Rybakina#1 Champion

[@liliroseboheme5468]

Très belle victoire elena bravo

[@nothingisreal6345]

WTA can be really great and attractive. Especially as Rybakina is calm and composed but still very competetiv. Way too often seats are empty in the early stages even for the top tournaments though. WTA needs to address this.

[@blucat4]

People find her boring to watch. What do you want the WTA to do about it? Also, in America, they basically only like watching Americans, what do you want the WTA to do about that? You will notice the seats are usually full on Camilla Giorgi matches (not boring), and Coco Gauff matches (the new US media darling.)

[@nothingisreal6345]

Your arguments for the USA are true. But outside the US the same situation: many matches have very low number of spectators

[@blucat4]

@@nothingisreal6345 Well I still think a lot of the other players are not fan favourites, if it wasn't for Swiatek I would hardly watch Women's tennis anymore. Could it be also partly that some events only allow Vaxxed fans in? As well, I know a lot of people said they were going to boycott events in Australia and America due to them not allowing Novak entry. This may be stupid but it's true. Also there is a recession, many people are tight on cash, seats are expensive? All these things add up ..?

[@VSK999]

COMMENTARY:QUALITY GAME,BULLS EYE...❤RYBAKINA.

[@leovanlierop4580]

Her run pre-covid was amazing. She only got better!

[@koxs.]

I'm curious how the players will do at Miami especially Elena and Alcaraz, it's like grand slam after grand slam.

[@westonmeyer3110]

Well, Rybakina plays basically the same people again so…. And Alcaraz might not care who he plays at this point.

[@davidfloresmontanes8119]

Elena esa raqueta infinita Campeona.

[@7Kazman]

She is just graceful. And I love seeing competitive edge between her, Sabalenka and Iga.

[@더힐-m2n]

Strong champion

[@Диана-х6в]

ELENA-OUR QUEEN!!!🇰🇿✌✊💖❤👑💫🌹🌷

[@akshaysuvidha9452]

Calm and cool ❤

[@kennethbailey6634]

Just fantastic tennis,and that's it

[@АндрейСыхов]

Как красиво Елена переводит мяч из одного cornerа в другой. Поначалу прикармливая одними ударами в один угол, а когда соперница успокаивается и поверив классно переводит в противоположный corner , тем самым оставляя визави в не у дел.?!

[@baldassarealessi1007]

Thank you WTA video Elena Ribakina brilliant compliment

[@АртурКарпенко-я7р]

RybaQuеena ❤Goddess

[@alexandre42652]

Elena ❤

[@jnid1758]

just realized, off the bat rybakina was up against really quality players from kenin to badosa. this was actually a nightmare draw. but she just beat everyone 😅

[@xxxxxxxx8634]

Actually her IW draw (except of the semifinal and final) was easy compared to the ones in the previous tournaments.

[@nandsall9492]

KeninBadosaGrachevaMuchovaSwiatekSabalenka ...lost one set in total,,,not bad elena

[@user-lp1rf7jh2h]

So satisfying

[@sirinpun]

Fantastic run ❤😊 Rybakina should be more recognizable 💪

[@josephinesaayman5806]

The queen of Indian Wells❤

[@theneedyofgodsmercy3621]

go elena!!

[@ikarirm]

Almost forgot how tough some of her earlier matches were , against Kenin, Badosa etc. I think having those tough matches and also the one against Muchova helped her when she was behind several times in the first set in the final with Sabalenka.

[@alexcooper3007]

Молодец ты лучшая!))

[@SreeramReddyB]

Elena baseline game & serve are great, can improve game by mixing up like drop shots, attacking & approaching net, serve & volley. Not much variation in her current game.

[@mtnpackmule1627]

🇺🇸The award ceremony was very disrespectful to her, they completed 90% of the ceremony as she stood off to the side, nobody presented her with the trophy, and it seemed nobody would even look at her or speak to her. Just like Wimbledon not giving her the points she earned. Shame on these prejudice people.😔 GODBLESS RYBAKINA!🙏

[@mtnpackmule1627]

🇺🇸Not to mention Sabalenka sticking her tongue out be hind her back, in the middle of her speech. 🤪 Yes, Sabalenka is known for being playful and goofy at times, but that, and the crowd laughing in the middle of the speech, just wasn't right.😔

[@branesjimatsson]

Elena Superb tennis 🎾

[@westonmeyer3110]

To put Rybakina’s pro career into perspective this girl didn’t have a single title over a 250 until last year when she won Wimbledon and never made it past the quarterfinals of any event higher than a 500. Just the confidence from winning Wimbledon alone has completely changed her idea of what success in pro tennis looks like and now she has made another final of a slam and won a masters title before she has won a 500. She is going to be winning many more 1000s and slams now.

[@mretmmeproctor1627]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@nathaliethomas9719]

I knew Rybakina was good when she beat Serena in straight sets at the French Open and she did not show any emotion.

[@westonmeyer3110]

And she is better now.

[@RogerioTDR]

Ribakina 🎾😍

[@simonpegg1196]

Rybakina is a breath of fresh air in the current tennis world full of robotic clones.

[@anthonysalvati5868]

Couldn't agree more, humble and engaging and just the complete package skill wise. I don't see any weaknesses. No grunting or screaming after a point won. She is just a joy to watch play.

[@blucat4]

@@anthonysalvati5868 Couldn't disagree more. Even the so-called highlights here bore me. I love that she doesn't grunt and was hoping Sabalenka would lose, but there wasn't a great highlight in this. My potato chips were more interesting.

[@anthonysalvati5868]

@@blucat4 What match were you watching, I think maybe you were focused too much on the potato chips. She had lost 4 in a row to Sabalenka so the fact that she kept her composure after losing the first made for a very compelling final two sets that wouldn't get captured by just watching the highlights.

[@blucat4]

@@anthonysalvati5868 Ok, so if you want a drama and a competition, you got it. Like people who always want a match to go 5 sets, yeah, it went 5 sets, what a drama, yeah. But if it goes 5 sets because guys are choking or playing badly, then I don't care, I want to see good tennis. When John McEnroe demolished Jimmy Connors in the 1984 Wimbledon final 6-1, 6-1, 6-2, it was amazing tennis, unbelievable. True tennis fans gasped. Others said it was boring. Well they didn't really get tennis, they just wanted a fight. Even on the comments about Rybakina, you see two camps. One says she's great. The others say she's boring, she doesn't show emotion, they want a drama. Football fans who are drunk and want to jump up and down and scream over a drama. "Who's playing?" "I don't know, but what a drama!!" I don't care about drama, or competition, I want to see great shotmaking, great form. Great style. I didn't see anything interesting here. It doesn't help that I hate watching Sabalenka. Anyway all the best to Rybakina for being graceful and not grunting or cheating. Maybe I will become a fan of he game as well. Sorry for talking so much .. 🙂

[@miguelsuarez3672]

I love her! he has a ver smart gametos.

[@wasikejeff3701]

My favourite,now crushiee😅😅

[@nunodfes2]

Savage beauty

[@jansnauwaert1785]

??

[@nunodfes2]

@@jansnauwaert1785 i mean she is beautiful and a savage player aswell.. Its a compliment xD

[@andrewwebster2403]

Agreed!

[@aureliopelen9548]

Congrats

[@spankeyguitars8457]

my favorite tennis player since pete sampras

[@bacle521]

Quá tuyệt vời và thuyết phục 👍👍👍👍

[@miguelangelgonzalezmendoza5472]

Esa mujer va ser mejor que muchas an dejado huella como las venus Williams y marratilova❤

[@michalhrdy577]

nice battle

[@waitong715]

A wonderful player,still ling in Russia.

[@waitong715]

Living

[@ВиталийДесятериков]

🎉

[@MarcyTrinidad]

Amazing run!! She looked liked she didn't even break a sweat! She has that outfit to cool her?? She's amazing!

[@circulati]

So funny how different her sister is in terms of showing her emotions 🥴

[@АняУминская]

🎉👏🏻

[@santiagogutierrez6272]

👍 💜 🎾 🏆

[@impsti]

Ești cea mai buna jucătoare de tenis.

[@KaesOner]

Hopefully Elena recovers for Miami.. in my opinion she wont be fully recovered from this tournament and as a result her performance wont be as great due to playing so many back-to-back matches

[@westonmeyer3110]

There isn’t much to recover from and she has like 3 or 4 days before she plays again.

[@KaesOner]

@westonmeyer3110 I guess you've never been an athlete.. you don't fully recover in a few days when you've literally played over a week of back to back 2 hour matches. Especially when a good chunk of those days are travelling and adjusting to a new location.

[@westonmeyer3110]

@@KaesOner Rybakina’s tennis mostly revolves around slamming the ball across the court about 100 to 200 times per match, with the right nutrition and cooldown regiments she doesn’t even need a full day to recover from that. As for being an athlete, I was a swimmer, so pretty much the perfect example of someone who continuously uses their muscles for a short period of time and then cools down and then jumps right back in to reuse their muscles in a strenuous way repeatedly only to go to bed and then wake up to do it all over again the next day.

[@xxxxxxxx8634]

That's why very few players won the Sunshine Double in the history

[@gera_germanov]

ЭТО НАЗЫВАЕТСЯ- МОТИВАЦИЯ В ЗАВИСИМОСТИ КТО ГОВОРИТ, ДОВЕРЯЕШЬ ЛИ ТЫ ЕМУ, КАКИМ ТОНОМ, И САМОЕ ГЛАВНОЕ В НУЖНЫЙ МОМЕНТ ВРЕМЕНИ. СТАРИК ХОТАБЫЧ 😎

[@josebasterrica3358]

Esta chica es muy inexpresiva frialdad rusa

[@laverite6427]

@josebasterrica3358, Pero con un corazon lleno de calor talento y humildad.

[@paulinopenabella4366]

chica no es Rusa , Ella es KAZAKHSTANI

[@gera_germanov]

Я МАКСИМАЛИСТ ОТ СЕБЯ ТРЕБУЮ И ТОЖЕ ТРЕБУЮ ОТ ДРУГИХ ИГРАЮ В ДОЛГУЮ ТАК ЧТО НИ КАКИХ РАСЛАБЛЕНИИ САМА ПОСТАВИЛА ЦЕЛЬ!!! ДЛЯ НАЧАЛО СОЛНЕЧНЫЙ ДУБЛЬ ДЕРЗАЙ !!! СТАРИК ХОТАБЫЧ 😎

[@laverite6427]

Remember Elena the beautiful and talented tennis player is from Russia.

[@lucypedzinski1403]

Give it up! So many beautiful and talented tennis players - Russians are not unique! Let's concentrate on the talent and the hard training all these girls endure - many are far prettier and smarter than the Russians but that has nothing g to do with the game of tennis!!!!!

[@laverite6427]

@@lucypedzinski1403 Don't be jealous of the beautiful Russian tennis players. I'm sure you're an ugly Ukrainian who hates Russian girls

[@paulinopenabella4366]

guys she is not Russian she is from Kazakhstan ....

[@paulinopenabella4366]

She is KAZAKHSTANI ....

[@sinic1978]

​@@paulinopenabella4366 her ethnicity is Russian.

[@paulinopenabella4366]

People study your geography she is not Russian she is KAZAKHSTANI put that in your brain .

[@roysantiago9131]

Rank should be higher had it not been for wimbledons racist rule

[@meiskesiwu6656]

Selamat buat gadis terlihat pendiam elena sukses trus

[@haffarabedslam9062]

فين يعديو فيها تصفيات ميامي

[@yajilobay]

リバキナは、女子テニス界の大谷です。

[@MikeCarvin]

Sabalenka is screaming less than b4?

[@tele68]

4:56 Is that her mom?

[@KaesOner]

Thats her sister, Ann Rybakina!

[@tele68]

@@KaesOner Thank you. Her response was amazing.

[@wasikejeff3701]

Her sister😂

[@DariusSarrafi]

You can erase their flag, but not their talent. Go Russia!

[@true_sparta]

She represents Kazakhstan since 2018

[@DariusSarrafi]

@@true_sparta She was born and raised in Russia. She lives in Moscow. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is a duck!!!

[@true_sparta]

@@DariusSarrafi who cares about where she was born? She represents Kz in all big international competitions and she is proud of it.. that's the point! Don't envy! ;)

[@DariusSarrafi]

@@true_sparta Actually, I was born and raised in Iran. I have lived in the US for 47 years. I still consider myself Iranian. You will find that many immigrants feel that way. She doesn't even live in Kz! Also, I have watched every single game of hers especially when she won Wimbledon. She didn't seem very proud of "playing" for Kz. Her shout out to them was quite tepid. She seemed to keep her distance from the head of the Kz Tennis Federation who kept trying to rub shoulders with her! But feel free to go on and believe what you want!

[@true_sparta]

@@DariusSarrafi there is no such nationality as American . Thats a country of imigrants. If you feel still iranian, what are you doing in US, why you didn't move to your homeland? You are just joke, fake iranian patriot;)

[@Purrrelll]

WTA Hypocrites

[@prathamesh_0109]

Video quality 🥲

[@rosaliearentsen2983]

History move on please.

[@danielramon962]

Una jugadora excelente, pero tan eficaz como aburrida...

[@laverite6427]

@danielramon962,lo mismo dice tu esposa de ti. Por eso esta saliendo a bailar con el vecino.

[@sallymorgan5357]

A long while since Russia had a champion.....

[@paulinopenabella4366]

she is from Kazakhstan not russia ...

[@АлмаСадвокасова-и2ы]

Вы ее проспали скореи всего и Крым проспекте хохлы обратно заберут и дальним восток там уже китаиские дети от русских баб бегают слава Украине!!!

[@ernar8926]

🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿

[@giuseppequartini6850]

Djokovic numero uno 🇸🇮

[@giocozzo7933]

Non pensavo che djokovic fosse sloveno.

[@giuseppequartini6850]

è serbo