1 day agoelena rybakina represents kazakhstan after being born in russia. Elena andreyevna rybakina[a] ⓘ (born 17 june 1999) is a russian-born kazakhstani professional tennis player. Aug 29, 2025elena rybakina is a professional tennis player from kazakhstan, though originally from russia.
Dec 16, 2025rybakina, who was born in moscow, changed her nationality from russian to start representing kazakhstan in 2018, having previously played for her country of birth. Kazakhstani tennis star elena rybakina will be the underdog in saturday's australian open women's final - but has no doubt she can stun world no.1 aryna sabalenka. 15 hours agothis time rybakina displayed her trademark cool to earn revenge.
Since russia launched its invasion of ukraine in 2022, several women players from russia have changed allegiance to other. 1 day agoborn in moscow but playing for kazakhstan, australian open finalist elena rybakina once said that "i don't live anywhere, to be honest". May 24, 2025elena rybakina won wimbledon in 2022 and reached final of 2023 australian open.
Here are answers to some questions about russia-born kazakhstani. Aug 12, 2025rybakina is a fluent speaker of russian. Although born in russia, rybakina represents kazakhstan in international competitions.