Belarusian tennis player Arina Sobolenko who beat the representative of Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina in the Australian Open final, was able to cope with his nerves thanks to the work with a psychologist and the experience gained in other serious matches, said the president of the Russian Tennis Federation (FTR ) to Shamil Tarpishchev .
The meeting, which was held in Melbourne on Saturday, ended with a voluntary victory for the Belarusian – 4:6, 6:3, 6:4. The rivals spent 2 hours and 28 minutes on the pitch. Sobolenko went 17 innings to Rybakina’s 9 aces. The 24-year-old tennis player won the Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career. Previously, she had reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon and the US Open.
– I note that from the side of Sobolenko at the end of the match there was luck, – said Tarpishchev. She probably deserved it. Perhaps, due to slightly more powerful play, the scales tipped towards Arina. Both really deserved to win, so we can talk about luck. Arina played a bit more powerfully in the match, dealing with her own nerves.
How difficult is it to manage your nervousness when it’s your first Grand Slam final?
– By the way, when Sobolenko trained with Tursunov, she worked with a psychologist. I think that helped. Well, in addition, the nervous system adapts to such matches, because it held many tournaments of such a plan, when the result was balanced from one tennis player to another. There is nothing surprising here. It is the result of a great and fruitful work. Sobolenko is a fan of tennis, which ultimately resulted in a Grand Slam final victory.
Source : MatchTV
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