Elena Rybakina explains why she left Instagram after defeat at Queen's

[p][b]"I usually don't pay much attention (to social media), but this time it was too much. Since it's our job, we have to post a lot. And I felt that if these people can't stop just because I lost a match, I'd rather not give them the opportunity to comment,"[/b] replied the current Australian Open champion at a press conference in Berlin.[/p][p]Despite being the clear favourite, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rybakina-elena/UDzElXdm/"]Rybakina[/a] lost at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/wta-singles/london/"]Queen's[/a] to the Brit [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/boulter-katie/0SeXj3jT/"]Katie Boulter[/a] (ranked 56th) by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/boulter-k-0SeXj3jT/rybakina-e-UDzElXdm/?mid=0pBCO1i5"]two sets to one[/a]. Right after the match, the Kazakh started receiving hate from frustrated and rude bettors on her Instagram.[/p][embed guid="b40bc1f0-0378-44ee-8c01-ca4ad52d398b" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpTKZDsCNKA" social-type="youtube" /][p][b]"[/b][b]I don't want to spend the whole day cleaning up my Instagram. I have people helping me, but they're not on it all the time. I thought it would be better to stay away from social media,"[/b] said Rybakina.[/p][p][b]"[/b][b]For me, it's fine to stay away from social media."[/b][/p][p]When asked if her decision is permanent, she replied that she still doesn't know. "It was something in the moment," she added.[/p][image alt="Elena deactivated her account last Friday" id="b2ed9aa8-9303-42aa-a495-e335ba55e155" credit-line="Instagram" guid="e2c70e19-f355-44e8-aba7-1884b3d77f8b" original-width="1022" original-height="648" /][p]Rybakina will debut at the WTA 500 in Berlin this week against the winner of the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/eala-a-ppu9X7PH/vekic-d-AsWv5414/?mid=dUNf8cuo"]match[/a] between the Croatian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vekic-donna/AsWv5414/"]Donna Vekic[/a] (33rd) and the Filipino [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/eala-alexandra/ppu9X7PH/"]Alexandra Eala[/a] (35th).[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/wta-singles/berlin/"]Check out the full WTA 500 Berlin draw here![/a][/b][/p]