- Sabalenka took off her racket after the final in three sets
- Recovered her calmness and then gave a funny speech
A tennis large is torn in Aryna Sabalenka to get a part of the shine of the stunning Australian Open -victory of Madison Keys by leaving the court shortly after the match point on Saturday evening.
The world No. 1 was destroyed after losing 6-3 2-6 7-5, and although she warmly congratulated the keys on the net and shaked the hand in the immediate aftermath with the chair referee, she soon lost Her calmness.
Sabalenka hit her racket to pieces next to her chair at the court and then sat with a towel over her head to hide her face before she stormed off the field and up the players' tunnel up to cool.
The short break worked and she returned to make different laughs out of the crowd in a sincere and funny speech as she received the trophy of second place.
Former World No. 5 Jo Durie was not impressed by the decision of Sabalenka to leave the center of the center, in the conviction that the surprising act took the focus at the greatest moment of her career.
“It's a shame she did that,” Durie told the viewers about Eurosport's reporting about the competition.
Aryna Sabalenka is abruptly depicted who leaves the court before the trophy presentation ceremony after the final of the Australian Open Women's Singles on Saturday
The destroyed world no. 1 tried to hide her emotions under a towel after congratulating Madison Keys with her underdog victory
Sabalenka completely lost its calmness in the immediate aftermath of the defeat – but recovered to stir the crowd with a stylish speech as soon as she returned to court
“I know she's going for a third title and emotions are high, but it takes rather away from the moment for Madison.”
Sabalenka's Coold-down Break let tennis fans divided, with commentators who called her a “demonstrative painful loser” and “Classless”, with one writing, “Madison Keys earned that victory and deserved more respect from Sabalenka. This was a very bad sportiness. '
Other commentators on X, however, supported De Wit -Russia to the limit.
“Think people who criticize Sabalenka are pathetic. She is an elite competitor who lost a very tight Grand Slam final, in her disappointment she hit her racket. She hugged her opponent and gave a graceful speech. Come over people and give her a break, “they wrote.
'Sabalenka was absolutely finished. Strives for something historically with the 3-turf. Highest sports level. Unreal match and would become emotional. Clearly frustrated but was merciful on the net and merciful to the presentation. Let them be human, “another added.
The triple Grand SLAM champion explained the reason for her eruption after the game.
“There was definitely a bit of frustration because I was so close to achieving something crazy,” she said.
The shattered white -Russia explained that her eruption was about trying to expel her negative emotions so that she could clean up her head and address the fans in Rod Laver Arena
'If you are there, you fight, but it seems that everything is not the way you really want to go.
'I just had to throw those negative emotions at the end so that I could give a speech, not to be disrespectful.
“I just tried to let it go and be a good person.”
Sabalenka hoped to match the Great Martina Hingis (1997-99) in tasting open glory for three consecutive years.
The only others who have achieved the performance are Margaret Court, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf and Monica Seles.
Sabalenka, who was sharply aware of the historical significance of her last attempt, won 20 straight competitions in Melbourne Park about three campaigns before he fell to Keys.
“I didn't want to block those statistics,” said Sabalenka.
'If you try to block something, it gets bigger and bigger. Of course I thought about that.
“The moment I got on the field, I just tried to concentrate on the game and things I have to do to win this game.”
