But Sabalenka also tries not to place too much emphasis on her tennis during her days off. With her experience, the Belarusian has learned not to let the pressure of being a Grand Slam title favourite get to her.
“Honestly, before, I didn’t even know how to manage that pressure. On those days off I would think too much about tennis and I would just waste my energy on that,” she said.
“Nowadays, I’m just trying to take things easier, which is, like, sounds interesting, but I’m just trying to take it easy, just tennis, you know. I’m just trying to bring my best tennis every time and just trying to fight for it, and I know that no matter what’s gonna happen on the court, I’m gonna fight for it.
“You know, if it’s meant to be, it’s going to happen. The only thing you can control is yourself and you just literally have to fight for it. Yeah, basically that’s it, and it’s helped me to kind of be able to enjoy the journey, you know, which is not always easy to do.”
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