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Aryna Sabalenka was defeated by Coco Gauff in the final of the 2023 US Open, but from Monday she will be the new no.1 in the WTA ranking.At the press conference, the Belarusian tennis player spoke about this and much more, revealing her feelings.
An excellent year with the achievement of at least the semifinal in each Grand Slam but only one success.Sabalenka explained: “First of all I want to say thank you to everyone. There are good things and not so good things obviously from this match, but I accept everything and that’s fine.
It’s a process, we are learning and I think I will take a lesson from all this, and I will come back stronger.”Then commenting on the defeat against Coco, she said: “During the first set I managed my emotions quite well, I was only focused on myself and not on my opponent or the public.
Coco moved incredibly today, but it must be said that from the second set I started to think too much and from that moment on my shots lost strength. I made too many mistakes and let’s say I played against myself, but the bad thing is that I still have these problems and they haven’t totally disappeared.
I will work harder so that next time it doesn’t…
