Aryna Sabalenka reveals since when she has been ‘feeling like a different person’

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Aryna Sabalenka reveals she “feels like a different person” since becoming a Grand Slam champion. Sabalenka, who is turning 25 this Friday, became a Grand Slam champion at this year’s Australian Open after recovering from a set down to beat Elena Rybakina in the final.

In the past, Sabalenka was three times beaten in a Grand Slam semifinal. After finally making a big Grand Slam breakthrough and achieving her biggest dream, Sabalenka instantly felt enormous relief. “After Australian Open I think, yeah, I think everything changed then.

I feel like a different person. I look at the tennis a little bit differently,” Sabalenka said after beating Maria Sakkari in the Madrid Open semifinal on Thursday.

Sabalenka through to the Madrid final

After making the Stuttgart final in her first clay tournament of the year, Sabalenka has also been through to the Madrid final.

On Thursday, Sabalenka dismantled world No 9 Sakkari 6-4 6-1 in the Madrid semifinal. Sabalenka started the match with an early break but Sakkari got the break back in the fifth game. However, blowing an early break didn’t impact much Sabalenka, who broke Sakkari again in the 10th game – when the Greek was serving to stay in the first set.

After losing the first set in a pretty devastating way, Sakkari’s game collapsed…

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