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The technical and mental maturation shown by Aryna Sabalenka was influenced by a difficult adolescence, which Maciej Domka, her former coach when she was still very young, spoke about.
The former Polish tennis player, in an interview with the Polish media Sport.Pl, told some details of the 25-year-old Belarusian’s past, explaining how she was unstable and fragile as a young woman.
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Domka, after having coached Agnieszka Radwanska and Caroline Wozniacki, joined Aryna Sabalenka’s team when she was 17, during the period in which the Belarusian was training at the Academy of former tennis player Uladzimir Walczkou, in Minsk.
“We trained together, she was in our group. At the time Aryna was between 17 and 18 years old, she was under my tutelage, although she had an individual coach and the closest to her was Vadim Sashurin, who took care of his motor preparation,” he explained.
The former Polish tennis player recounted how the WTA No.2 in the world was a determined girl at the time, but with many tennis limitations.
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