MELBOURNE: New Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka did not get much sleep on Saturday (Jan 28) night after a rambunctious come-from-behind victory, but you would not have known it early on the morn
, but you would not have known it early on the morning after.
The powerful Belarusian, who will become world number two on Monday, showed a new side to her personality, posing effortlessly in front of the cameras. High kicks: Aryna Sabalenka glides around the Royal Botanic Gardens lake in Melbourne with the Australian Open's Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup on Jan 29, 2023.
Now Sabalenka is enjoying the feeling of becoming a Grand Slam champion at the age of 24 - and finally conquering her inner demons.Never was that new mental steel better illustrated than under the glare of the Rod Laver Arena lights on Saturday night, where Sabalenka dropped her first set of 2023 but clawed her way back to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
The Saturday night victory party must have been a good one - there were a few team members missing on Sunday morning.
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