The 23-year-old Rybakina is also the youngest women’s Wimbledon champion since Petra Kvitova in 2011 after reducing Jabeur to a frustrated wreck during the one-hour,48-minute title decider.
But the Moscow-born star’s triumph was not without controversy as tennis great John McEnroe called her participation into question following the All England Club’s ban on Russian and Belarusian players because of Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine.
Rybakina declared her allegiance to Kazakhstan in June 2018,just after her 19th birthday,but is said to still have a home in Russia.
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The world No.23 has tried to swat away questions about her defection throughout the championships,saying she doesn’t really have a base while travelling the globe playing tennis.
“She is obviously a huge hitter and hits the ball great,” McEnroe said from the BBC commentary booth.
“I just think it’s weird because of this whole thing. I don’t mean to get into politics here but she is Russian,right?