Tennis star Elena Rybakina defeated Iva Jovic in the second round of the 2025 Australian Open and made it to the third round on January 16, Thursday. The Moscow-born star had the terrific start of the game as she won the opening set comfortably and maintained her dominance heading to the next set of the game to mark a straight sets win over Jovic. The 25-year-old tennis star is now set to face Dayana Yastremska in the third round of the showpiece event.
However, there was one of the hilarious scenes during her game that quickly went viral. The Australian Open 2025 commentator was seen struggling in pronouncing her surname in the game while mentioning her serve points. The commentator was seen pronouncing twice her name.
The video of this incident has gone viral with several amusing reactions from the tennis fraternity. She has been trolled brutally for pronouncing the wrong name. Notably, this is not the first time a tennis commentator has faced an issue while pronouncing her name. It happened back in 2024 at Wimbledon and 2024 at Roland Garros as well.
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WATCH: Australian Open commentator trying to pronounce Rybakina
Meanwhile, Rybakina expressed happiness after she made it to the third round of the first Grand Slam of the year. The 25-year-old tennis star lauded 17-year-old Jovic for giving her a formidable fight in this game. In addition, the Russian-born star also spoke highly about her new coach, Goran, and how he is guiding her to mark resounding victories here in Melbourne.
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“She’s super young still. I just played another girl first round who is very young… great future ahead for both of them. She plays really good tennis already. Looking forward to playing more matches against her. He’s a fun guy. We didn’t know each other so well before. We needed some time to get used to each other. For now I think we did not a bad job in the preseason. Looking forward to winning some titles with him," Elena Rybakina after beating Jovic.
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WATCH: Commentator trolled brutally for mispronouncing Elena Rybakina's name in Australian Open 2nd round
Tennis star Elena Rybakina defeated Iva Jovic in the second round thriller of the 2025 Australian Open and made it to the third round on January 16, Thursday.
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Tennis star Elena Rybakina defeated Iva Jovic in the second round of the 2025 Australian Open and made it to the third round on January 16, Thursday. The Moscow-born star had the terrific start of the game as she won the opening set comfortably and maintained her dominance heading to the next set of the game to mark a straight sets win over Jovic. The 25-year-old tennis star is now set to face Dayana Yastremska in the third round of the showpiece event.
However, there was one of the hilarious scenes during her game that quickly went viral. The Australian Open 2025 commentator was seen struggling in pronouncing her surname in the game while mentioning her serve points. The commentator was seen pronouncing twice her name.
The video of this incident has gone viral with several amusing reactions from the tennis fraternity. She has been trolled brutally for pronouncing the wrong name. Notably, this is not the first time a tennis commentator has faced an issue while pronouncing her name. It happened back in 2024 at Wimbledon and 2024 at Roland Garros as well.
Also Read: Emma Raducanu crushes Amanda Anisimova to enter 3rd round
WATCH: Australian Open commentator trying to pronounce Rybakina
Meanwhile, Rybakina expressed happiness after she made it to the third round of the first Grand Slam of the year. The 25-year-old tennis star lauded 17-year-old Jovic for giving her a formidable fight in this game. In addition, the Russian-born star also spoke highly about her new coach, Goran, and how he is guiding her to mark resounding victories here in Melbourne.
Also Read: 19-year-old Jakub Mensik stuns tennis world with epic win over Casper Ruud in second round
“She’s super young still. I just played another girl first round who is very young… great future ahead for both of them. She plays really good tennis already. Looking forward to playing more matches against her. He’s a fun guy. We didn’t know each other so well before. We needed some time to get used to each other. For now I think we did not a bad job in the preseason. Looking forward to winning some titles with him," Elena Rybakina after beating Jovic.
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