Kim Clijsters dropped some major praise on Aryna Sabalenka following the Belarusian’s latest huge success, saying her power and strength resembles the one that Serena Williams had.
Since the start of 2023, the current world No. 2 has been an absolute menace in hard-court Grand Slam events, having made back-to-back finals in each of the last two Australian Open and US Open editions.
After successfully defending her Australian Open title earlier this year without a lost set, the 26-year-old also became a winner at Flushing Meadows this past weekend after completing her run with just one dropped set in seven matches played.
In all of her matches played in New York, Sabalenka was going for her shots and trying to dictate everything out there. And while the now three-time Major winner made some mistakes and unforced errors, her game for the most part clicked extremely well and she ended up winning it all after firing 40 winners in the final and beating Jessica Pegula 7-5 7-5.
“Her strength is her consistency, she has the consistency to break someone down mentally as well, and Sabalenka was too strong. [Pegula’s] strength is to try to keep the ball as low over the net and as deep as possible, and she has to have the chance to do that. Against Sabalenka, the first two…
