Aryna Sabalenka finds consolation with record earnings in women's tennis

Having mislaid successful the Masters last for the 2nd clip successful her career, and the 3rd clip successful a large last this year, Aryna Sabalenka has plentifulness of crushed to look backmost connected her play with disappointment.

“I played my best, but it didn’t enactment out. I deliberation I did a batch of things I tin beryllium arrogant of, truthful I’m leaving this tourney with nary disappointment,” the 25-year-old said aft her 6-3, 7-6 (7-0) defeat. Sabalenka praised her opponent: “Rybakina played incredible, you person to springiness her recognition for that.”

Sabalenka's principles

Sabalenka is present relying connected the aforesaid rule she demonstrated aft losing successful the finals of the Australian Open and Roland Garros. 

"There are days erstwhile immoderate players are conscionable amended than you. How bash you retrieve from that? You conscionable person to support going. It's atrocious that I mislaid astir each the important finals I played this year. So present I'm going to usage my vacation successful the Maldives to relax, portion tequila and deliberation astir the full situation. I'm going to analyse my performance, my emotions... I expect to proceed to amended adjacent year."

Although the play ended with defeats successful important finals, Sabalenka inactive has a large consolation. She finished the play with $15,008,519, the highest yearly net successful women's tennis history. She besides had the astir wins this twelvemonth – 63 successful full – and collected the astir points, 10,870. These statistic springiness her an vantage of astir 2,500 points successful the caller satellite database up of second-placed Iga Swiatek.

This effect confirms that, though she did not triumph each the expected finals, Sabalenka inactive remains 1 of the strongest players successful the world. Her absorption connected analyzing the crippled and determining the adjacent steps shows maturity and professionalism, portion astatine the aforesaid clip uncovering a mode to enactment motivated and bask results that are historical for women's tennis. Her career, though sometimes afloat of challenges, inactive shows changeless advancement and the quality to larn from each decision a acquisition for the future.