WTA: Aryna Sabalenka can’t hear herself

Aryna Sabalenka is one of the great hopes in women’s tennis. The young Belarussian also knows how to make her voice heard on the court.

The balance between Caroline Wozniacki and Aryna Sabalenka is still balanced. And at 0-0. What’s a pity from two points of view: From a sporting point of view, the Belarussian woman could become one of the top managers in the ladies’ circus in the coming years, a comparison with the current number one would certainly help to assess Sabalenka’s actual potential. In addition, the Dane has recently also become more sensitive to her opponents, especially in terms of the volume of her playing.

And Wozniacki would also be at the right address with Sabalenka. The 19-year-old is preparing to succeed her prominent countrywoman Victoria Azarenka in this respect. At the Australian Open this was particularly noticeable, at least according to the taste of the home crowd in the match against Ashleigh Barty. The proverbial fairness of the fans down under wasn’t very noticeable at that first-round match in some phases, also because Sabalenka shows an interesting timing: The actual moaning takes place after the beat, almost only at the moment when the opponent strikes out to counterattack.

That may be so. I don’t care about moaning because I’m not the only one doing it,”said Sabalenka, who has been working with Magnus Norman, former coach of Stan Wawrinka since the beginning of the year,” Many other players are also screaming on the court. That’s me and that’s how I’m gonna stay. And honestly, I can’t hear myself while I’m playing.”

Aryna Sabalenka, who won both points for her team in the Fed Cup against Germany at the 3-2 defeat at home in Minsk, doesn’t want to mess up with her colleagues “When I look at my matches later on, I sometimes think to myself:” Really, that’s what I am? I’m almost shocked because my moaning is really loud and in a high tone. I would like to apologize to other players if it made them feel disturbed:” Is this enough for Caroline Wozniacki?