Aryna Sabalenka: Australian Open is her First Slam Victory

Aryna Sabalenka made a fault once more. She grunted. With her backside to the court, she yelled. She moved her shoulders and let out a breath. It is obvious that this Australian Open victory was not going to come easily on Saturday night

The Australian Open is Aryna Sabalenka’s first Grand Slam victory.

Aryna Sabalenka erred, falling one point short of winning her first World Title.

. That’d be the case, deep down Sabalenka understood. She was also aware that the work she had put in to get over her self-doubt and those dreadful double-faults had to finally pay off. Had to, simply.

Therefore, Sabalenka tried her best to maintain her composure, which she utilized to find very challenging, as she missed a previous match point by misfiring a forehand as well as a third once again by clipping another. She persisted until she had a fourth opportunity to finish. When Elena Rybakina appeared, Sabalenka saw her equally strong foe’s forehand sail long this time. And that was all. After outlasting Wimbledon champion Rybakina in a comeback match, Sabalenka won the title.

“Yes, of sure, I was slightly bit anxious before the last game. Nobody promises you it’s going to be simple, I (kept) reminding myself. You simply have to battle for it, work for it, ‘to the last point,’ Sabalenka, a 24-year-old Belarussian who is currently 11-0 with two championships in 2023 and will move up from No. 2 in the WTA standings on Monday, added.

 “I’m really glad to be able to control all of those emotions and win this one,” she remarked.

She has lost just one set all year, which came against Rybakina on Saturday. It was significant that Sabalenka referring to her coach Anton Dubrov and her personal trainer Jason Stacy as “the wildest team on tour” during the post-match ceremony.

Sabalenka, who was competing in her maiden major final and was 0-3 in Slam finalists until this week, says, “We’ve endured a couple of, I would say, losses last year. “You guys deserve this award since we fought so hard for it. It’s less about me and more about you.

 Naturally, she played a major role in it. These serves, which resulted in 17 aces, lessened the impact of seven double-faults.

The 51 victories produced by those hammering groundstrokes and ruthlessly aggressive play were 20 much more Rybakina’s total. In addition, despite taking risky shots, Sabalenka managed to keep her unforced error total to a manageable 28. Sabalenka managed to accumulate 13 break points, of which she converted three, which included the one at 4-3 in the final set that gave her the lead for good.

Rybakina, who has dropp all four of her matches in three sets versus Sabalenka, remarked, “She play extremely well tonight.” “She was physically and intellectually powerful.”

Even Sabalenka admits that the former has traditionally been a strength of her game, while the former has occasionally been problematic. Her serve was both her greatest asset and most obvious weakness. She could serve aces, but she also had an established issue with double faults, topping the circuit in that department last year with about 400, including games with more over 20.

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