Arina Sabalenka (26, Belarus), ranked second in the world in women’s tennis, said after reaching the top in the women’s singles at the Australian Open last year, “I will come back stronger next year. “I hope her fans will support her even more passionately,” she pledged. And she showed up a year later and kept her promise.
2024 Australian Open women’s singles winner Arina Sabalenka. / Reuters News 1 Arina Sabalenka attempts her backhand stroke against her Jeong Chin Won during her Australian Open women’s singles final in Melbourne, Australia on the 27th. /AFP Yonhap News
Sabalenka defeated China’s Zheng Qinwen (22nd, 15th) with a set score of 2-0 (6-3 6-2) in 1 hour and 16 minutes in the final of the tournament held at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia on the 27th. ascended to the throne again. Compared to the 2 hours and 28 minutes last year, the mission was completed early, taking only half the time.
Sabalenka, who is 182cm tall and has a tiger tattoo on her left arm, blocked Jeong Chin-won with flawless attacking tennis that day. His fastest serve reached 189 kilometers per hour.
Sabalenka was slightly behind in the number of serve aces (3-6) and winners (14-19), the number of successful attacks, but had a double fault (0-6) and an error (14-16), failing to serve twice in a row. He showed stable play. On this day, Chin-Won Jeong was not able to successfully ‘break’ Sabalenka’s serve game even once.
Jeong Chin-won. /AFP Yonhap News
Sabalenka raised her arms and cheered the moment her win was confirmed. Afterwards, he ran to the stands where his coach and team were and hugged them, enjoying the joy. Sabalenka showed overwhelming momentum by not giving up a single set during the seven games of this tournament, ending all games with a 2-0 score.
Arina Sabalenka is happy as she hugs her team in the stands. /Reuters News1
Sabalenka, who has reached the semifinals or higher in the last six major tournaments in a row, starting with the 2022 US Open, is the first women’s Australian Open winner in 11 years since ‘senior’ Viktoria Azarenka (35th, Belarus, 22nd) in 2012 and 2013. Achieved his second consecutive singles title.
Jeong Chin-won, who reached the final of a major tournament for the first time in her career, was kicked out and attempted to reclaim the singles title from a Chinese player for the first time in 10 years since Li Na (42, China, retired) at the 2014 Australian Open, but ended up finishing in runner-up due to the gap in skill.
In the previous record against opponents, Sabalenka had a two-win advantage.
2024-01-27 10:14:00
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