{"id":34925,"date":"2025-09-16T05:15:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/sabalenka-conquers-us-open-revenge-and-crown-of-the-1-after-a-tough-year\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T05:15:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:15:21","slug":"sabalenka-conquers-us-open-revenge-and-crown-of-the-1-after-a-tough-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/tennis\/sabalenka-conquers-us-open-revenge-and-crown-of-the-1-after-a-tough-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabalenka conquers US Open: Revenge and crown of the #1 after a tough year"},"content":{"rendered":"New York \u2013 After a year full of ups and downs, tennis player Aryna Sabalenka managed to redeem herself at the US Open, defending her title with a resounding victory over Amanda Anisimova.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Path Full of Challenges<\/h2>\n\n\nAfter losing in the Australian Open and Roland Garros finals, Sabalenka arrived in New York with the firm intention of defending her title. The pressure was high, especially after the emotional reactions in the previous defeats.\n\nIn the Roland Garros final, Sabalenka couldn&#8217;t hide her frustration, a moment that went viral for the wrong reasons. After the defeat, Sabalenka and her team focused on finding a way to win even when conditions weren&#8217;t ideal.\n\nSabalenka&#8217;s performance coach, Jason Stacy, revealed that the tennis player began reading a motivational book called &#8220;Into the Magic Shop&#8221; after Roland Garros, considering it a &#8220;fairy tale.&#8221; In New York, Sabalenka wrote her own fairy tale ending.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0906%2Fr1541971_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Aryna Sabalenka defendi\u00f3 su t\u00edtulo del US Open el s\u00e1bado, derrotando a Amanda Anisimova.\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Aryna Sabalenka defendi\u00f3 su t\u00edtulo del US Open el s\u00e1bado, derrotando a Amanda Anisimova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nIn the US Open final, Sabalenka faced Anisimova, in a match she dominated with scores of 6-3, 7-6 (3) in 94 minutes. The victory came after a tiebreak, where Sabalenka demonstrated her composure.\n\nBy securing the title, Sabalenka became the first woman to repeat as champion since Serena Williams, over a decade ago. The emotion of the victory was palpable, leaving behind months of challenges and defeats.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThose two finals where I lost control of my emotions, I didn&#8217;t want that to happen again. There were moments when I was about to let it go, but I told myself: \u2018Come on, you can&#8217;t do that. You just have to stay focused and keep going, keep trying\u2019. And that really helped me.\u201d<\/p><cite>Aryna Sabalenka<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0906%2Fr1541947_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Sabalenka perdi\u00f3 en las finales del Abierto de Australia y del Abierto de Francia este a\u00f1o.\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Sabalenka perdi\u00f3 en las finales del Abierto de Australia y del Abierto de Francia este a\u00f1o.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nThe Belarusian tennis player, who has proven to be one of the most consistent players on the circuit, has held the number 1 ranking since October. Her dedication and ambition have taken her to the top, but also to great pressure.\n\nSabalenka, with the help of her team, including former doubles number 1 Max Mirnyi, learned to adjust her game and handle the pressure in crucial moments. Billie Jean King&#8217;s phrase, &#8220;Pressure is a privilege, champions adapt,&#8221; resonated in Sabalenka&#8217;s mind.\n\nThe victory at the US Open was a celebration of her resilience and determination. Sabalenka took her time to celebrate with her team and the fans, sharing her joy and gratitude.\n\nThe tennis player, at the end of the television interview, stated that she would go to celebrate with some drinks, because &#8220;you have to enjoy it&#8221; after so much hard work. Sabalenka, with a radiant smile, showed that the hard defeats of the past made this triumph even sweeter.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York \u2013 After a year full of ups and downs, tennis player Aryna Sabalenka managed to redeem herself at the US Open, defending her title with a resounding victory over Amanda Anisimova. A Path Full of Challenges After losing in the Australian Open and Roland Garros finals, Sabalenka arrived in New York with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[816,224,167,3162],"class_list":{"0":"post-34925","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-aryna-sabalenka","9":"tag-champion","10":"tag-tennis","11":"tag-us-open"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}