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The family tragedy that pushed Aryna Sabalenka, the tennis player of the moment, to success

Aryna sabalenka, number 10 and 5 of the individual classifications and of the double modality of the WTA respectively, she is undoubtedly the tennis player of the moment. The Belarusian champion of the last 3 tournaments she played. At WTA Insider Podcast, the tennis player referred to the great loss that the death of his father and the teaching that he left her.

A hit and a learning

“I think after that moment I understood that there are so many things in life to worry about and tennis is only a small part of my life, in the big picture,” he said. Aryna sabalenka Alluding to the death of his father a year ago. She herself had said at the time that her father wanted her to be number one in the world and that she would fight for that.

The tennis player of the moment

The Minsk native was crowned champion of the Ostrava Open, where she just defeated her compatriot Victoria Azarenka, former number one in the world, in the final. She then won the Linz title, after defeating the Belgian Elise Mertens in the deciding match. But the winning streak continued and now he is left with the first tournament of the year.

He WTA 500 de Abu Dabi opened the season of the women’s circuit in 2021. Sabalenka defeated the Russian 6-2 with a double result Veronika Kudermetova and he kept the trophy. The tennis player was very thoughtful in the interview and said that she learned to play calmer and not to get overexcited. “It is not necessary to score winning points in every shot, sometimes it is enough to put the ball in,” he said.

Carrera

That of Abu Dhabi was the ninth title for Sabalenka, who reached his best position in the ranking on February 4, 2019. On that occasion, he reached the ninth place, so he is only one place away from matching his mark. Furthermore, it should be noted that since 2016 he has been part of the Belarusian Fed Cup team, now known as the Billie Jean King Cup.


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