Elena Rybakina used the offseason to get a driver’s license after which she hopped into her Porsche supercar for her first aspect.
Again in April, the Kazakh tennis star gained the WTA 500 event in Stuttgart. As a reward, she additionally acquired a model new Porsche for the reason that luxurious German carmaker is the primary sponsor of the Stuttgart occasion.
However as an alternative of taking the automotive for conventional a lap on the courtroom, the 25-year-old sat on the passenger aspect as a result of she did not have a license.
Elena Rybakina© YouTube screenshot
Nevertheless, Rybakina took care of that as quickly because the 2024 season completed.
“I got my driver’s license, so that a good thing. That’s what I said earlier this year that this is one of the goals like outside of the court. So I’m really happy. Yeah, I enjoyed some car rides already,” the 25-year-old said at the United Cup.
Rybakina funnily reveals: My first ride came in a Porsche
After the WTA world No. 6 revealed that she got her driver’s license, her United Cup teammate Alexander Shevchenko hilariously interjected: “Ask her which car she was driving for the first time?”
The 2022 Wimbledon champion responded: “It was a Porsche Cayenne. Yeah, it was good.”
In the meantime, Rybakina made a lightning begin to her 2025 season, beating Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-2 6-3 in singles on Friday.
After clinching the singles win, the previous world No. 3 additionally returned to the courtroom for a blended doubles match with Shevchenko and so they beat Ivonne Cavalle-Reimers and Pablo Carreno Busta 7-6 (4) 6-7 (2) 10-7 – Kazakhstan ended up edging out Spain 2-1 of their tie.
On Monday, Rybakina will probably be in motion once more to satisfy Greece’s Maria Sakkari – and if wanted – she’s going to most likely once more play in blended doubles.
The Kazakh owns a 3-1 head-to-head in opposition to the Greek former world No. 3.
