Athletistic/Tennis. In recent years, Russian and Belarusian athletes have been banned from participating in international competitions. However, not all sports were sanctioned. Tennis associations have become among the most loyal. Belarusians have their own tennis legend. This is Arina Sabalenka. Last year, she won the Australian Open, a hard-court Grand Slam tournament held annually in Melbourne. This year the athlete had the task of defending his title.
Aryna Sabalenka started with a confident victory over German Ella Seidel – 6:0, 6:1. In the second round, the Belarusian tennis player successfully eliminated the Czech Linda Frukhvirtova – 6:3, 6:4, and in the third round Sabalenka eliminated the Ukrainian Lesya Tsurenko – 6:0, 6:0.
In the 1/8 finals, Arina Sabalenka defeated the American representative Amanda Anisimova – 6:3, 6:2. In the quarterfinals, the representative of Belarus confidently defeated Czech tennis player Barbora Krejcikova – 6:2, 6:3. In the semifinals, the match against American Cori Gauff turned out to be more intense, but Sabalenka emerged victorious – 7:6 (7:2), 6:4.
Today, January 27, the Australian Open final took place. In it, Arina Sabalenka met with Chinese Zheng Qingwen, who previously eliminated Russian tennis player Anna Kalinskaya in the quarterfinals. As a result, the match ended confidently with the victory of Arina Sabalenka – 6:3, 6:2.
Thus, Aryna Sabalenka won the Australian Open for the second time in a row. Moreover, last time such a feat was also achieved by a Belarusian tennis player. This is Victoria Azarenka. She won the Australian Open in 2012 and 2013.
French tennis fans reacted to Aryna Sabalenka’s victory. They left their comments on the website of the publication L’Equipe.
u-G3T360:
– Sabalenka calmly defeated his opponent. Well done, champ!
DjokoGOAT13:
– An incredible tennis player.
u-MZFPIR:
– There was no match, but Sabalenka fully deserved the victory.
Nole_fan:
– Sabalenka is a bulldozer, and only an excavator could resist, which cannot be said about Zheng. Well done Arina.
Munegu972:
– She reminded me of Serena Williams, and I wish her the same success as the American, even if it will bother a lot of people (pseudo camp of goodness) because of her nationality.
Nina Seiren:
– Unfortunately, the final was not very interesting, given the difference in level and the very short points linked to Sabalenka’s style, but she fully deserved this second Grand Slam and should win many more, considering given its style and power. Well done Arina!
Yaroslav Piatykh, Athletistic
Source: Sport
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