By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennisnow | Sunday, March 9, 2025
Photo Credit: Matthew Calvis
Sabalenka went to pieces after Madison Keys Her dehron as Australian Open Champion.
A strict sabalenk shared her blade Wilson in the difficult court after a bold keys destroyed the twice 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 defense champion in an inspirational Ao Showdown Power Power Players that escalated to a classic in Rod Laver Arena.
This week in Indian Wells, Sabalenka took her weeks to process that loss and get the parts, emotionally, as it turned out a little short in the AO final Classic.
Destroying its Wilson’s stick was the physical expression of the heart attack sabalenka.
“I would say that the final in Australia (I) was really broken in the heart,” the media Sabalenka told Indian Wells. “It was very difficult to recover after that, and the Middle East I was a similar kind, in my thoughts, I was trying to understand.
“I was always thinking about that match. It was, how, surely my mistake, but I think I had to pass, I had to do some things. I had to do as step back and start everything again.”
Melbourne prolonged hangover cost sabalenka at the Middle East swing, where she suffered another intestinal loss.
Ekaterina Alexandrova Edged World No. 1 Sabalenka 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) in Doha before WTA Clara Tara’s ACE leader included Belarus from Dubai.
High Sabalenka opened Indian Wells with a 7-6 (4), 6-3 win over McCartney Kessler.
Playing with more positive energy, the woman with Tiger Tattoo says she is no longer haunted by Melbourne and has regained her hunger in the desert.
“Of course the final was not the match I’m really happy for,” Sabalenka told the Indian Wells. “So I would say it’s a bit like a rise, but now I start to feel better. I’m more hungry than I was in the Middle East.”
These days, instead of destroying her breeds, Sabalenka has been taking her blows playing football in the grassy field near the courts of teaching Paradise.
Will the sunny mood translate into the second Indian Wells of Sabalenka in the past three years?
“For now, I’m feeling better and that final was in the past,” Sabalenka. “Only good experience, great lesson and we hope it will never happen again.” “
