In the final of the Grand Slam tournament, Sabalenka lost to American Cori Gauff with a score of 6:2, 3:6, 2:6.
“In this match, I made the main conclusion: we must finish the points at the net (smile). We worked a lot on this. In this match, my emotions were overflowing, I could not control myself. In the second together I had a lot of different thoughts.
Sabalenka reached the second round of the Beijing tournament
You have to stick to the plan no matter what. You must turn off all thoughts. I achieved what I needed. It also takes a certain amount of courage to go online. After the US Open, we worked a lot on our volley,” Sabalenka said at a press conference.
No matter what, I have to stick to the plan and do what I have to do on the pitch, in a sense, turn off all these thoughts. And I realized that I needed to… It’s not that I can’t volley. I used to play a lot in pairs. It just takes a certain amount of courage to go online. Yes, after the US Open, we worked on our volley a lot. That’s it,” Sabalenka said at a news conference in Beijing.
Recall that today, October 1, a first round match of the WTA-1000 tournament took place in Beijing (China) between Arina Sabalenka and the American representative Sofia Kenin (31st racket in the world). Sabalenka won and advanced to the second round of the Beijing tournament.
Source: Sport
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