Aryna Sabalenka admits she is “doing everything” to replace Iga Swiatek at the world No 1 spot and achieve her childhood dream. After accomplishing her dream of becoming a Grand Slam champion at this year’s Australian Open, Sabalenka also returned to a career-high ranking of No 2 in the world.
Now that Sabalenka is a Grand Slam champion, the Belarusian is hoping to also reach the world No 1 spot and achieve her two biggest goals in 2023. “I’m doing everything I can to get closer not like to her but to my dream.
I’m working really hard. I’m trying to stay focused on every match, every tournament. That’s what I really want to do,” Sabalenka said, per the Italian Open website.
Sabalenka sets eyes on replacing Swiatek at the world No 1 spot
On this week’s updated WTA list, Swiatek has 9625 points while Sabalenka follows with 7881 points.
“When you have a target, if you have really big motivation, it’s not like easier, but you have a goal behind all those tough practices. It’s easier to keep going. When it’s tough, you remind yourself why you’re doing it.
It’s not like easy, but it’s really helping to stay strong and keep pushing yourself to the limits and keep improving yourself,” Sabalenka explained. After losing to Sabalenka in the Madrid final,…
