Aryna Sabalenka confesses how she really felt about Elena Rybakina ‘crushing’ her

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Aryna Sabalenka acknowledges Elena Rybakina “crushed” her in the Brisbane International final and admits she was just grateful to have won at least three games against the Kazakh. 

Sabalenka, who was the top-seeded player in Brisbane, pretty routinely made the final in her first tournament of the year with four convincing straight-set wins. Although Sabalenka entered the Brisbane final playing great and convincing tennis, she didn’t stand a single chance against world No. 3 Rybakina, who crushed the Belarusian 6-0 6-3. 

After getting destroyed by Rybakina in Brisbane, defending Australian Open champion Sabalenka returned to the practice court with the intention of fixing the mistakes she made against the Kazakh.

“Elena just played incredible tennis. She just crushed it. I tried to do my best, and I’m just thankful for those three games,” Sabalenka said in her pre-tournament press conference at Melbourne Park.

“Before the finals, I think I played really great tennis. After the finals was another week to work on those mistakes and just prepare myself as good as I can for Melbourne.”

Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina© Getty Images Sport – Chris Hyde

 

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