Elena Rybakina: The Stateless Champion Making Every Country Claim Her (and the Joke’s on Them)
Moscow-born, Kazakhstani-flagged, Wimbledon-winning Elena Rybakina has become the tennis world’s most exquisite geopolitical Rorschach test—blotchy enough to let every nation see exactly what it wants, provided it squints hard enough. The 24-year-old’s thunderous serve is now measured not only in kilometers per hour but in diplomatic ramifications per Grand Slam. Consider the optics: a player…