The world number one Aryna Sabalenka says that Madison Keys’s open defeat of Madison Keys was behind her Australian defeat when she focuses on the ongoing swing in the Middle East.
Sabalenka fired at the third in a row in Melbourne last month, but she came across the last obstacle with a three -person loss for Americans.
“This one was the most difficult. I think that for a week I was still thinking about this match, “Belarusian journalists told Doha on Sunday.
“To be honest, looking back and thinking about these two lost games (in the last set), I didn’t do anything wrong, she just played her mind, and it was her day, there is nothing to regret. I think I’m fully recovered after this difficult match. ”
Sabalenka returns to runny nose, which began on Sunday for the first time since 2022. The tournament in Doha is the first WTA 1000 event this season.
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Sabalenka, a champion in Doha in 2020, says that he will treat these tournaments in the Persian Gulf as a warm -up for the next month “” “Sunshine Debles”, which consists of 1000 events in Indian Wells and Miami in in the United States.
“The schedule is actually quite difficult, especially if you reach the last stage of the Australian Open, you don’t have much time to recover and prepare for these great events,” explained three-time main champion.
“I believe that I will simply take these two tournaments as a preparation for Sunshine One and try to build tennis and probably transfer tennis to a higher level in these two events.”
Last week, the swing in the Middle East began in Abu Dhabi, where Belinda Bencic won its first title less than 10 months after the birth of her daughter Bella.
“It’s impressive, honestly. She just came back, I think that Australian Open had a great run (until the fourth round 0, and now he is holding the trophy. It’s amazing, I’m very happy with her, she definitely deserved it, “said Sabalenka from the triumph of Bencica in Bencic. The capital of Zea.
“As she said, she worked really hard on it and it is good to see. It gives us hope that probably, whenever we all intend to choose children, we have a chance to come back, if we want, “added the best grain with laughter.
Sabalenka has a farewell in the opening round in Doha and will start a campaign against the British Wildcard Emma Raducan or Russian Ekaterin Alexandrov.
Iga Swiatek won the last three editions of the tournament and enters this year’s edition in winning in 12 matches at Katari.
The second grain will open against the Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriel Ruse or the former five of the best five of Maria Sakkari in the second round.
