Aryna Sabalenka once spoke about her admiration for the 23-time Grand Slam champion, Serena Williams. She revealed that she grew up watching Williams’ matches. Reflecting more of her admiration for the American during one of her interviews at the 2024 WTA Finals, Sabalenka said, “I always wanted to dominate the tour like Serena (Williams) did, like Iga was able to do for so long.” She believes the style of her game quite rightly matches someone like Williams. But talking about domination, Sabalenka has now secured a bagel against the four-time French Open champion, Iga Swiatek. She defeated the Pole by 7-6(1),4-6,6-0 in the epic SF clash at the Philippe-Chatrier. With this incredible victory against the defending champion, Sabalenka has now also matched Serena Williams’ record. What’s it?
Well, with her win against Swiatek, the Belarusian tennis star has not only taken her H2H record to 5-8 against the Pole, but she has now also become the first woman to reach the final at three consecutive major tournaments since Serena Williams in 2016. Staggering, isn’t it?
Aryna Sabalenka becomes the first woman to reach the final at three consecutive major tournaments since Serena Williams in 2016 pic.twitter.com/wssnRYpz4e
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