Aryna Sabalenka admitted she didn’t feel physically well in the Montreal conditions on Friday. After Sabalenka’s Montreal round-of-16 match was postponed due to lengthy rain delays on Thursday, the Belarusian finally took on the court for her match against Samsonova on Friday.
In a match that lasted nearly three hours, Sabalenka ended on the losing side as Samsonova ended up taking out the second-seeded Belarusian 7-6 (2) 4-6 6-3. “Yeah, I mean, we’re all in the same conditions. Not like all. Only four of us.
But it is how it is, and I didn’t deal well with these conditions. Next time I’ll try a little better. Yeah, I would say that because physically I didn’t feel well, so I wasn’t able to move as good as I could, to serve as good as I could, so this was the toughest one for me today,” Sabalenka said.
Sabalenka: Samsonova played unbelievable tennis
After the loss, Sabalenka acknowledged Samsonova delivered a good performance and probably deserved to win.
“Yeah, it was a really tough match. She played unbelievable tennis. Unfortunately, physically I wasn’t ready to play at my highest level today, but I’m still happy with the level I showed. More likely the fighting spirit than the level,” Sabalenka…
