Aryna Sabalenka said her Australian Open triumph has helped tame the nerves that had undermined her in the past and has infused her with a self-belief she harnessed to devastating effect on Wednesday when she routed Coco Gauff at Indian Wells.Sabalenka's most potent weapon - her punishing serve - had beco
Aryna Sabalenka said her Australian Open triumph has helped tame the nerves that had undermined her in the past and has infused her with a self-belief she harnessed to devastating effect on Wednesday when she routed Coco Gauff at Indian Wells.
But she had no problem in Wednesday's quarter final, committing zero double faults while winning 87 per cent of her first serves to dispatch Gauff 6-4 6-0 in just over an hour. "Because before, I didn't have a slam, and every time I felt so much pressure from myself because I really wanted to get it. And every time something would happen, I would lose really close matches just because I really wanted it. I would miss so many easy shots," she said.
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