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Sabalenka taps into tough side
The Citizen
|January 13, 2025
OZ OPEN: GETS BY EARLY WOBBLE IN FIRST ROUND
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A Battling Aryna Sabalenka credited a new "mental toughness" yesterday for helping her survive an Australian Open first-set wobble that a few years ago might have cost her the match.
The two-time defending champion beat Sloane Stephens 6-3, 6-2 in the first round to begin her bid for a historic hat-trick at Melbourne Park.
But the Belarusian did not have it all her own way against the 2017 US Open champion on Rod Laver Arena.
She raced into a 4-0 lead before a series of unforced errors allowed the 31-year-old American to break back twice for 4-3.
"I stepped back, and I gave her a chance to come back in the match," Sabalenka said.
The lapses fired up Sabalenka, who changed her racquet and became more aggressive.
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