At the media day of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome, Aryna Sabalenka shared some information about her private life that surprised her fans. The Belarusian tennis player has grown above all on a mental level, in her ability to manage moments and defeats. Maturation completed the last year.
“I’m still emotional. The last time I lost, in the final in Madrid, I destroyed a racket, that’s how emotional I am. Even when I was a child I cried, I was angry. There were many different emotions. What I learned about the past is just the momentum. Yes, now you have lost, but you have thousands of opportunities to win. You have to accept defeat and move forward, work and try to improve next time. If you get to those stages, the last stages of the tournaments, it’s impossible to win them all. Sometimes you just need to lose to learn something. Then maybe in bigger tournaments or more important ones, you will remember the lesson and do better in the final. It’s all a process,” she expained.
After the efforts in Madrid and the defeat in the spectacular final against Iga Swiatek, Sabalenka immediately overcame the disappointment, celebrating her 26th birthday and flying to Rome for the next seasonal…
