Aryna Sabalenka has reached the Australian Open final. She will play for the title on Saturday against Elena Rybakina. During the press conference that followed her semifinal match, Aryna Sabalenka revealed that she decided to stop working with a sports psychologist, saying that she is the one who needs to fix her own issues.
Not working with a sports psychologist.
Aryna revealed, “To be honest, I decided to stop working with a psychologist. I realized that nobody than me will help, you know? Yeah, on the preseason, I spoke to my psychologist, saying, like, ‘Listen, I feel like I have to deal with that by myself because every time hoping that someone will fix my problem, it’s not fixing my problem.’
I just have to take this responsibility, and I just have to deal with that. Yeah, I’m not working with a psychologist anymore. I’m my psychologist.”
Sabalenka at the Australian Open, ranking, and results in 2023
Now ranked no.5, the Belarussian owns an overall 10-0 win-loss record in 2023. The Belarussian is currently playing at the Australian Open where she defeated the world no.74 Tereza Martincova 6-1 6-4, the world no.51 Shelby Rogers 6-3 6-1, the world no.32 Elise Mertens 6-2 6-3, the world no.10 Belinda Bencic 7-5 6-2, the world no.64 Donna Vekic 6-3 6-2 and the world no.45 Magda Linette 7-61 6-2.
Aryna Sabalenka will come up against the world no.25 Elena Rybakina in the final on Saturday at 7:30 pm on Rod Laver Arena. Their current head to head is 3-0 for Sabalenka.
Aryna conquered 1 title in 2023 in Adelaide.
The Belarussian won 11 titles in her career: 8 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 2 on indoor courts. (See the list of her titles)
