World number one Aryna Sabalenka says she deserved to win a Grand Slam title after defeating Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) to lift the US Open women's singles crown on Saturday, Afrosport reports. The Belarusian reached this year's Australian Open and French Open final but lost to Americans Madison Keys and Coco Gauff. She was up against another American at Flushing Meadows in Anisimova but was...
Aryna Sabalenka has apologised for comments she made to Coco Gauff after losing the French Open women’s singles final a fortnight ago, Afrosport reports. The Belarussian, from a set ahead, lost the match in three sets 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 4-6 to hand Gauff her second Grand Slam title and first at Roland Garros. Speaking after the match, Sabalenka called the match the worst she has ever...
Coco Gauff has narrated how difficult it was for her to win her second career Grand Slam title after she defeated world number one Aryna Sabalenka in three sets in Saturday's French Open women's singles final, Afrosport reports. The 21-year-old American lost the first set in a nervy tie break that her saw lose serve three times. Gauff however adjusted in the next two sets as...
Aryna Sabalenka has revealed she had been told she did not have any confidence to play on clay courts, Afrosport reports. The world number one did not have solid form on clay at the start of her career but began to pick when she reached the finals of the WTA events in Stuttgart and Madrid in 2021, winning the latter 1000 tournament. The 27-year-old would go...
Madison Keys says she has wanted to win a Grand Slam for a long time which she finally achieved when she defeated world number one Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in the Australian Open women's singles final on Saturday, Afrosport reports. The 29-year-old American made a brilliant start to the final in Melbourne by breaking in two of her opponent's first three service games. Sabalenka however...
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