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Goodbye, Switzerland! For the third time in the past four years, the second week of the Australian Open will take place without Swiss participation. Only Belinda Bencic (26), who is taking a break this year due to her pregnancy, reached the round of 16 last season.
2024 will go down in history as a particularly poor year – Viktorija Golubic (31), the last remaining Swiss hope, failed in the third round.
The former number three in the world, Elina Switolina (29, WTA 23), who returned from maternity leave last year, is a size too big for the Zurich resident. But despite the 2:6 and 3:6 defeat, Golubic’s series is impressive. Since finally putting her knee and shoulder injury problems behind her last year, the right-hander seems transformed. Golubic trusts her body and her game again – and makes her opponents feel it.
“I think there is still a lot of potential”
With three titles at smaller tournaments in Tokyo, Rouen (Fr) and Shrewsbury (GB) in the autumn and her best performance yet at the Australian Open, Golubic, who temporarily dropped to 150th last year, has an impressive performance put down. coming back. “Viki 2.0” works. Reaching the third round in Melbourne will not only earn her the equivalent of approximately R148,000 (before taxes), but also a place around position 71 in the WTA rankings.
Golubic says that in addition to the newfound confidence in her physique, she is also benefiting from her experience after more than a decade on tour: “I feel like there is still a lot of potential. I can improve even further.”
Her performances in Melbourne encouraged her to be on the right track: “Let’s see how long my career lasts. Obviously I just want to enjoy it now. I’m looking forward to everything that’s to come.”
Golubic’s confidence is a good and promising sign for Swiss tennis – especially as she is currently the country’s only top 100 player in the absence of Bencic (WTA 21).
Source : Blick
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