By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday September 9, 2024
New York—Aryna Sabalenka made a promise to herself when her father Sergiy handed away prematurely in 2019 attributable to meningitis.
To meet his dream and grow to be one of the best on the earth.
After successful her third main title, Sabalenka as soon as once more made it clear that he’s nonetheless No.1 in her hear, 5 years after his passing.
When requested what she felt her place within the historical past of the game is after claiming her third main title, Sabalenka mentioned:
“After I misplaced my father, it is all the time been my objective to place our household title within the historical past of tennis. Each time I see my title on that trophy, I am so pleased with myself, I am pleased with my household that they by no means gave up on my dream and that they had been doing every thing they may to maintain me going.”
Sabalenka, who’s 27-1 in her final 28 Grand Slam match on exhausting courts, is now fourth on the WTA’s energetic Grand Slam title winner listing, behind solely Venus Williams (7), Iga Swiatek (5) and Naomi Osaka (4).
She defeated Jessica Pegula, 7-5, 7-5 on Saturday in Arthur Ashe Stadium to solidify her standing as one of the best exhausting court docket participant in ladies’s tennis.
‘It has been all the time my dream,” she mentioned. “I nonetheless form of can’t consider that I used to be in a position to obtain, like me with my group, we had been in a position to obtain a lot already.”
