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 as a consequence of meningitis.
To meet his dream and turn into the most effective 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 at all times been my aim to place our household identify within the historical past of tennis. Each time I see my identify 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 have been doing the whole lot 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 checklist, 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 the most effective exhausting court docket participant in ladies’s tennis.
‘It has been at all times my dream,” she mentioned. “I nonetheless type of can not imagine that I used to be capable of obtain, like me with my crew, we have been capable of obtain a lot already.”
