Elena Rybakina has criticised her treatment since winning Wimbledon and claimed she does not feel like a grand slam champion. The 23-year-old defeated Tunisia's Ons Jabeur to win her first slam title at the All England Club last month but the lack of ranking points -- a response by the WTA to Wimbledon's ban on Russian and Belarusian players -- means she is still ranked outside the top 20, reports DPA.

At a press conference on Friday ahead of the US Open, Rybakina said, "Of course, everything was new for me after Wimbledon. Now, looking back for these few weeks, I played already tournaments, I would say it was a great achievement for me. I'm super proud of my team, of course. Experience-wise, I would say it was not the greatest. "I think this is the problem of the structure of the tour. Honestly, a bit weak leadership because we have so many things going on. It was my dream to win Wimbledon. It's pity. I feel like actually I'm not the Wimbledon champion. "You can be number one and everything is great but, at the end of the day, you're just forgetting where you're coming from and how tough it is actually to get to where you are.

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