Arnya Sabalenka won’t be a one Slam tournament wonder. The swashbuckling, hard-hitting Belarussian belter of a tennis player successfully defended her Australian Open title for her second major tournament victory of her career with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Qinwen Zheng of China in the final. Sabalenka won the title without losing a set in her seven matches, including a semifinal win over Coco Gauff that avenged her loss to the American in the U.S. Open final last September. “The Belarusian unleashed her supply of powerful groundstrokes from the very start, completely overpowering the No. After the final, Sabalenka, in a perhaps a play to gain more support in the Chinese economic market, posted a video to fans in China as documented here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-13015673/Aryna-Sabalenka-forced-apologise-winning-Australian-Open.htmlLike this: Like Loading...

Source: CNN January 29, 2024 06:11 UTC