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The 23-year-old world number 10, who is most at
home on hard surfaces, won her first Grand Slam title at
Wimbledon last year after beating Ons Jabeur in the final of the
grasscourt major.
"I feel pretty well on all surfaces, and for me, it's actually
also fun to change the surface; that's the beauty of the sport,
to adapt all the time," Rybakina, who was born in Russia but
represents Kazakhstan, told Eurosport.
With her run to last month's final at Melbourne Park, where she
lost to Aryna Sabalenka, she became the first Kazakh tennis
player to enter the top 10 in the singles rankings.
Rybakina said she was not successful on grass during her junior
career but has improved over the years.
"I feel confident on the grass, which I actually never thought
I'm going to be that good on," Rybakina said.
"Because as a junior I played maybe one or two times and it was
not successful so when I started to work with my coach I said I
don't really like grass, I don't know how to play on it.
"But in the end, it's for now my best achievement. My first WTA
trophy was on clay, so I think I can play on all surfaces."
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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