It was tough from the start," Rybakina talks about the Montreal crowd

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Clément Gehl

le 07/08/2025 à 10h08

1 min to read

Mboko Montréal Rybakina

Elena Rybakina fell to Victoria Mboko in the semifinals of the WTA 1000 in Montreal. Playing against a Canadian, she also had to face the crowd.

She said: "Yes, it wasn’t very pleasant, of course. I’ve played in many situations where the crowd supported the other player, but I’d say here it was tough from the beginning.

I felt it from the very first game we played, especially between serves. That’s just how it was.

It was something I somewhat expected, and it had nothing to do with my serve, my mistakes, or my poor choices. It was obvious the crowd would cheer for their player.