Sabalenka is an engaging character on the court and on the court, wearing a heart on her sleeve.
Although cute for tennis fans, it turns out to be expensive at the big stage.
All three Grand Slams this year ended with the failure of their devastating American rivals. Madison Keys hit Sabalenka in Australia, and Coco Gauff boarded another piece of gear in Paris at Wimbledon, causing her to eliminate her in Paris.
Sabalenka’s passion and desperate victory often burst into frustration and anger, and her desire to overwhelm her opponent can lead her to the wrong torture.
Sometimes, this emotion is scattered in her words. She said after the American won the French Open Final, she had to apologize to Goff: “It’s not because she played incredible. [but] Because I made all these mistakes”.
Sabalenka said she would not make the mistake again.
“I learned this lesson and I will never act that way. Not me,” she said Thursday.
“I’m very excited. I let my emotions control me, not who I am.”
Learning to control this emotion is that Sabalenka must improve her mood if she wins in New York again, especially when facing partisan and family crowds.
Sabalenka said after losing the semi-finals in SW19 that Anisimova’s shot was “more braver” and she needed to remind herself that she was the highest ranked person at the critical moment.
Sabalenka remains a prominent player on the Women’s Tour. She won 55 games this year, won three championships and scored a 3,292-point lead in the rankings.
She was the first woman to enter Australia and the United States for three consecutive years since Martina Hingis in 1999 and was the first three major singles finals in her first calendar year since Serena Williams in 2016.
But for all these impressive statistics, there are no majors at the end of 2025, which can be disastrous for a chain winner like Sabalenka.
