{"id":275913,"date":"2025-11-06T21:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/275913\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T21:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:14:09","slug":"nick-kyrgios-ex-coach-says-who-is-the-better-player-between-amanda-anisimova-and-elena-rybakina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/275913\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios’ ex-coach says who is the better player between Amanda Anisimova and Elena Rybakina"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\/ Follow us on Google Discover <\/a> <\/p>\n

Amanda Anisimova and Elena Rybakina are two of the hottest players on the WTA circuit at the moment. <\/p>\n

Both players have booked spots in the semifinal of the WTA Finals, with Anisimova beating Iga Swiatek<\/a> from a set down to progress on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

Anisimova<\/a> is making her debut in the event, whilst Rybakina<\/a> has a semifinal to look forward to in Riyadh for the very first time. <\/p>\n

Anisimova\u2019s win yesterday helped Rybakina make history<\/a>, and it will be fascinating to see if the players get one final match this year in the final. <\/p>\n

Anisimova has done something this year that only Coco Gauff can match<\/a>, and she really is a player on an upward trajectory in 2025. <\/p>\n

With both players progressing at the WTA Finals<\/a>, talk has now turned among tennis experts as to which player is the better of the two. <\/p>\n

\"AmandaPhoto by Clicks Images\/Getty ImagesNick Kyrgios\u2019 ex-coach picks better player out of Rybakina and Anisimova<\/p>\n

Simon Rea is a former coach of Kyrgios<\/a> and he\u2019s recently sat down on the Australian Open<\/a> podcast to discuss the women\u2019s game. <\/p>\n

He was part of the panel on the latest episode of the podcast with Rea and current WTA player Daria Saville, discussing who they think is the best player right now. <\/p>\n

Saville said: \u201cOn the results, you would say Anisimova, but I feel like Rybakina\u2019s form has been pretty top-notch in the last few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rea tended to agree and concurred with Saville, saying: \u201cI think it\u2019s a great point. I think Rybakina is starting to find her best tennis, and her best tennis when she finds it is as good as there is in my opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elena Rybakina\u2019s record in 2025Australian Open \u2013 R4French Open \u2013 R4Wimbledon \u2013 R3US Open \u2013 R4Qatar Open \u2013 QFDubai Championships \u2013 SFIndian Wells \u2013 R4Miami Open \u2013 R2Madrid Open \u2013 R3Italian Open \u2013 R3Canadian Open \u2013 SFCincinnati Open \u2013 SFChina Open \u2013 R3Wuhan Open \u2013 QFAmanda Anisimova\u2019s record in 2025Australian Open \u2013 R2French Open \u2013 R4Wimbledon \u2013 FUS Open \u2013 FQatar Open \u2013 WDubai Championships \u2013 R1 Indian Wells \u2013 R2Miami Open \u2013 R4Madrid Open \u2013 R2Italian Open \u2013 R2Canadian Open \u2013 R4 Cincinnati Open \u2013 R3 China Open \u2013 WWuhan Open \u2013 DNPAnisimova might have the edge over Rybakina in Riyadh<\/p>\n

Although Rybakina does have the win over Anisimova at the tournament already, she has suggested she\u2019s feeling tired after a long Asian swing. <\/p>\n

Anisimova shouldn\u2019t have that issue, and the stumbling block for her will be that she will likely face Aryna Sabalenka, having finished second in her group in the semifinal. <\/p>\n

In terms of who is most fancied to go through and win in Riyadh, Anisimova probably has the aces, with Rybakina going to need some serious rest and recuperation to get through two more matches. <\/p>\n

The pair do feel well matched at the moment, however, and it will be hoped that more meetings between the two can take place in 2026, with both players now in the top eight of the WTA rankings. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Amanda Anisimova and Elena Rybakina are two of the hottest players on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[3842,21338,99,428,654],"class_list":{"0":"post-275913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-amanda-anisimova","9":"tag-elena-rybakina","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-wta"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}