Russian-born Kazakhstani female Tennis player Elena Rybakina was seen appearing to nudge the Eisenhower Health Senior Vice-President's hand from her back following the Eisenhower Cup exhibition event.
Elena Rybakina Removes Official’s Hand From Her Back During Eisenhower Cup Presentation Ceremony – Watch Viral Video. (Credits: Screengrab)
Russian-born Kazakhstani female Tennis player Elena Rybakina was seen appearing to nudge the Eisenhower Health Senior Vice-President's hand from her back following the Eisenhower Cup exhibition event held on Thursday. In a video surfaced on social media, Rybakina removed David Renker's hand from her back as it seemingly resulted in an awkward moment during the presentation ceremony.
With Rybakina and her mixed-doubles partner Taylor Fritz defeating Americans Amanda Anisimova and Learner Tien in the final, they received their prizes, notably getting rewarded with a cheque of $200,000 along with individual victor trophies. It was in that moment that Renker also slipped in beside Rybakina during the photoshoot and the moment occurred. After the 26-year-old politely removed his hand from her back, the cameras kept rolling.
Here's the clip from the same that surfaced on X:
Where are the WTA, Pam Shriver and the other woke pundits now. They allegedly care about Rybakina 😠 This old fella is clearly inappropriately touching Elena pic.twitter.com/QTwSsgfiFD
— Nick Ally ✝️ (@nick_ally1986) March 4, 2026
The incident had sparked plenty of negative reactions on social media as below:
It makes me wanna throw up seeing this man touching Elena Rybakina. What you want to do #WTA ??? 😡 😡
— csuraya (@surayamnoor) March 5, 2026
Send him back to E*p*p*s*t*e*i*n island
— Adhi Rizky Putra (@Adhirizkyputra) March 5, 2026
Would have been the highlight of the tournament if Elena would have punched him out🤜
— NTRP 5.1 (@dougwc1) March 4, 2026
I had to watch this event muted with CC on😂
Can someone please help me understand why Andrea Petkovic was not sitting beside Mark Petchey?
The guy in white is the other guys boss. Worked with both of them until 2.5 years ago.
— Laura Williamson (@LauraW1201) March 5, 2026
So I assume nothing won’t come out of the matter since he has the 💰
— Nick Ally ✝️ (@nick_ally1986) March 5, 2026
Meanwhile, the youngster will begin her Indian Wells Open campaign on Saturday. The likes of Aryna Sabalenka, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner will also partake in the tournament. Carlos Alcaraz is coming on the back of winning Qatar Open and the Australian Open, thereby becoming the youngest athlete to complete a Grand Slam.
Sabalenka is chasing her maiden Indian Wells Open Title, having succumbed last year to Mirra Andreeva in the final. She also suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the Australian Open final to Rybakina.
