Aryna Sabalenka came from behind in the Australian Open final to win her first Grand Slam title

In her first experience in the final of a major tournament, the Belarusian tennis player Aryna Sabalenka came from behind his match to win his first Grand Slam title by beating 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to the kazakh player Elena Rybakina at the end of australian open. It is one more victory in his fantastic start to the year but one that he will never forget in his life because it allowed him to lift the trophy in Melbourne.

so far 2023, Sabalenka has a perfect foja 11-0 and he has only given up one set, precisely the first of the definition that was played this Saturday in Melbourne Parkwhich was for the kazakh Rybakinathe reigning champion of Wimbledon.

But Sabalenka turned the match around with an aggressive style that resulted in 51 winners, 20 more than his rival. Furthermore, he added 17 aces to overcome seven double faults and managed to break the serve of Rybakinawho is a specialist in the service, on three occasions, the last time with an advantage of 4-3 in the third set that he already maintained until the end.

Sabalenka He had to work hard to win the championship. When pulling out in what would be the last gameshad a double fault in his first match point and it took three more to finally be crowned champion for the first time in a Grand Slam tournament.

When ryabkina sent a long backhand to close the final after almost two and a half hours, Sabalenka he fell to his knees on the court and remained there for a long time, his eyes brimming with tears and his face covered by his hands.

Sabalenka She is a very powerful player, whose strongest point was also her biggest flaw: the serve. Although perfectly capable of achieving aces, also has a known problem with double faults. Last year he led the tour in that category with nearly 400, and had matches in which he committed more than 20.

At the insistence of his team, he agreed to overhaul his serve mechanics in August, which along with a commitment to trying to stay calm under pressure is paying off now.

Sabalenka was 0-3 in the Grand Slam semifinals until he eliminated Magda Linette in Melbourne. In the final she had not started well either but she managed to come back from the result and lifted the trophy that will allow her to become the new number 2 in the WTA ranking.

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