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☆ Aryna Sabalenka wins at Miami Open in first match since death of her former partner
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Aryna Sabalenka defeated Paula Badosa in the second round at the Miami Open on Friday, playing just days after the death of her ex-partner, former professional ice hockey player Konstantin Koltsov. “Konstantin’s death is an unthinkable tragedy, and while we were no longer together, my heart is broken,” Sabalenka said in a statement on Wednesday. Paula Badosa and Aryna Sabalenka embraced at the net afterwards. Robert Prange/Getty Images“No, I wasn’t surprised at all (by Sabalenka’s play)”, Badosa told reporters after losing to Sabalenka. “She’s a very, very strong woman, strong personality, you can see it on the court.

Persons: Aryna Sabalenka, Paula Badosa, Konstantin Koltsov, Spain’s Badosa, Koltsov, “, ” Sabalenka, Robert Prange, Badosa, Sabalenka, Coco Gauff, Nadia Podoroska Organizations: CNN, Miami, NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins, Miami - Dade Police Department, Sabalenka, Argentine, International Association for Suicide Prevention, Befrienders

Losing the U.S. Open final last September gave her the extra motivation. In the semifinals, she avenged her U.S. Open final loss to No. “For the second time, it’s just such a relief.”Only two things slowed down Sabalenka's progress Saturday to her second Grand Slam singles title. In the third game of the second set, with Zheng serving, the match was interrupted after an activist started yelling out. Then, when she was serving for the match, Sabalenka had three championship points at 40-0 but missed two with unforced forehands errors and another with Zheng's clever drop shot.

Persons: Sabalenka, Zheng Qinwen, Elena Rybakina, “, it’s, don’t, Zheng, Coco Gauff, Barbora Krejcikova, Amanda Anisimova, “ I’m, ” Sabalenka, ”, Serena Williams, Jason Stacy, Stacy, Li Na, ” Zheng Organizations: —, U.S, U.S ., Victoria Azarenka Locations: MELBOURNE, Australia, Melbourne, New York

☆ Australian Open: ‘Part of … war machine hurting my country and my people’ says Ukrainian of Russian and Belarusian opponents
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —For Ukrainian tennis players Marta Kostyuk and Lesia Tsurenko, focusing on tennis continues to be challenging. Kostyuk and Tsurenko have continued to avoid the usual post-match handshakes with opponents from either Russia or Belarus, which is being used as a staging ground for the invasion. “My mother sends me videos when there are missiles flying over their house,” Kostyuk told reporters. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka and said playing against players from Russia or Belarus is still “tough.”“They’re part of that … war machine hurting my country and my people,” Tsurenko said. “She said: ‘Great play,’” Sabalenka told reporters.

Persons: Marta Kostyuk, Lesia, Tsurenko, Kostyuk, Russia’s Elina Avanesyan, “, ” Kostyuk, it’s, ”, “ It’s, It’s, Sabalenka, ” Tsurenko, Lesia Tsurenko, Phil Walter, what’s, ’ ” Sabalenka, Maria Timofeeva Organizations: CNN, “, ” CNN, Getty, Kostyuk Locations: Ukrainian, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Melbourne, Russian

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka reached the fourth round of the Australian Open on Friday with a 6-0, 6-0 demolition of Lesia Tsurenko. “Last year, Iga (Swiatek) won so many sets 6-0 and this is one of the goals, to try to get closer to her,” Sabalenka joked. The pair did not shake hands — as is the convention for Ukrainian players against opponents from Russia or Belarus — but Tsurenko congratulated Sabalenka verbally. Sabalenka will play Amanda Anisimova, who continued her comeback with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Paula Badosa. 4 Jannik Sinner moved into the fourth round without losing a set, thanks to a dominant 6-0, 6-1, 6-3 victory over Sebastian Baez.

Persons: Aryna Sabalenka, Rod Laver, ” Sabalenka, “, Tsurenko, Sabalenka, Amanda Anisimova, Paula Badosa, Anisimova, I’m, Men’s, Sebastian Baez, Karen Khachanov, Tomas Machac, Coco Gauff, Novak Djokovic, Tomas Martin Etcheverry, Alex de Minaur, Flavio Cobolli Organizations: —, Ukrainian Locations: MELBOURNE, Australia, Russia, Belarus, Alycia Parks, Italy

☆ Billie Jean King: Players ‘are exhausted,’ says tennis great as she urges the sport’s authorities to work together
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

It meant many of the sport’s top players opted not to play the latter – an end-of-year tournament dubbed the World Cup of tennis. Aryna Sabalenka waits during a rain delay at this year's WTA Finals. Clive Brunskill/Getty ImagesSimon responded with a letter of his own during the WTA Finals, outlining to players how the organisation was handling the issues raised. But there looks to be no magic solution to the array of problems facing women’s tennis at the moment. “But I think about men’s and women’s tennis, I don’t just think about women’s tennis.

Persons: Issues, Sabalenka, Storm Hunter, Jessica Pegula, Billie Jean King, –, Poland’s Iga, “, ” Sabalenka, Clive Brunskill, Marketa Vondrousova, ” Vondrousova, we’ve, Steve Simon, Martina Navratilova, ”, ” Navratilova, Simon Organizations: CNN, Tennis Association, WTA, International Tennis Federation, Tennis, BJK, Amazon Prime Locations: Cancún, Mexico, Seville, Spain

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Iga Swiatek gave herself a shot at her first WTA Finals title and the year-end top ranking by eliminating No. The second semifinal, Swiatek vs. Sabalenka, was stopped in the fourth game. And on this court, she was definitely way, way better than me,” Sabalenka said. Sabalenka, who won the Australian Open in January for her first major title, could have guaranteed herself remaining at No. “Overall, I feel like me and Jessie, we played really in a smart way, and we’ve really kept calm.

Persons: Iga Swiatek, Jessica Pegula, they've, ” Swiatek, Pegula, Coco Gauff, Swiatek, “, ” Sabalenka, Sabalenka, Justine Henin, Jessie, we’ve, ” Organizations: WTA, Pegula Locations: CANCUN, Mexico, Poland, United States, Cancun, “

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — The women's tennis tour defended the court built for the WTA Finals as meeting its “strict performance standards” after No. “Honestly, it’s another level of disrespect from the WTA for the players, because sometimes they don’t even feel safe to move on this court. That’s not the level I expect from the WTA Finals,” Sabalenka said Sunday night after beating Maria Sakkari 6-0, 6-1 in one of the opening matches in round-robin play. ... Everything was late and (there was) no time to fix anything.”Political Cartoons View All 1223 ImagesThe venue for this year's WTA Finals was not announced until last month, under a one-year agreement with Cancun. “We’re pleased to host the WTA Finals in Cancun for the first time and worked hard to construct a stadium where the world’s top eight women’s tennis players and doubles teams compete head-to-head.

Persons: Sabalenka, That’s, ” Sabalenka, Maria Sakkari, ”, Coco Gauff, Elena Rybakina, Jessica Pegula, it’s, “ We’re, ___ Organizations: WTA, U.S, Wimbledon Locations: CANCUN, Mexico, Cancun

The roads to the U.S. Open final have been different for Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka. Sabalenka won her first five matches without dropping a set. Sabalenka’s 2023 U.S. Open campaign was nearly over when Keys then went up 4-2 in the second set. But Sabalenka fought back, forcing and winning a tiebreaker, then winning the third set also in a tiebreaker. The rest of the second set was close after play resumed, but Gauff went on to win it by 7-5, advancing to the final.

Persons: Coco Gauff, Gauff, Sabalenka, Madison Keys, Keys, ” Sabalenka, Laura Siegemund, Elise Mertens, Caroline Wozniacki, Jelena Ostapenko, Karolina Muchova, Arthur Ashe, ” Gauff, I’m, ” Organizations: U.S, Madison Locations: Czech Republic

☆ Coco Gauff vs Aryna Sabalenka: How to watch the US Open women's final as American chases glory on home soil
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

How to watchThe action for the final grand slam title of the season begins at 4 p.m. She is the youngest American woman to reach the US Open final since a 17-year-old Serena Williams did so in 1999. This will be the second grand slam final of Gauff’s career after reaching the French Open final in 2022, where she was swiftly defeated by Iga Świątek. Coco Gauff battled past Karolína Muchová to reach the US Open final. “I really believe that now I have the maturity and ability to do it.”Gauff reached the French Open final in 2022.

Persons: Coco Gauff, Sabalenka, Arthur Ashe, Indian Wells, Serena Williams, “ Serena, Serena, ” Gauff, Iga Świątek, Karolína, Sarah Stier, Gauff, ”, “, ’ “ It’s, I’ve, Frey, ’, Madison Keys, Sabalenka’s, ” Sabalenka, Aryna, Darren Carroll, Keys, I’ll, “ I’m, – Organizations: CNN, ESPN, Sky Sports, Belarusian, Washington, Wimbledon, Reuters, Madison, US, Australian, Win Locations: Indian, Cincinnati, American, Flushing Meadows, “, New York, Madrid

NEW YORK (AP) — Way down and almost out, Aryna Sabalenka just kept reminding herself the match wasn't over until the final point. Sabalenka refocused after a premature victory celebration to wrap up a 0-6, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (10-5) victory over Madison Keys on Thursday night and reach her first U.S. Open final. “Then, from the second set, it just got a lot closer. “I think everyone at the start of the tournament would obviously be really, really excited to be in the semis,” Keys said, breaking into tears. But I just think being able to take this and turn it to a positive is really possible.”___AP tennis coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis

Persons: Aryna Sabalenka, hadn't, Sabalenka, Madison Keys, Coco Gauff, you’ll, ” Sabalenka, “ Lucky, she'd, Keys, ” Keys, Sloane Stephens, “ Organizations: Madison, U.S Locations: U.S, New York, Belarus

☆ Coco Gauff to face Aryna Sabalenka in the US Open final after gutsy win
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“It was a tough match,” Gauff told reporters. I’m just really proud of myself today.”Gauff and Muchová shake hands after their US Open semifinal. A lengthy delay then ensued at the start of the second set after climate protestors in the crowd disrupted play. Keys hit 12 winners as she bageled the Belarusian in the first set and held a 5-3 lead in the second set. Sabalenka reaches for a drop shot against Keys during their US Open semifinal.

Persons: Coco Gauff, Muchová, Serena Williams, ” Gauff, “, I’m, ”, Sarah Stier, Arthur Ashe, Gauff, Iga Świątek, ’ Gauff’s, Keys, Sabalenka, Charles Krupa, ” Sabalenka, I’ll Organizations: CNN, Czech, American Madison Keys, US, Muchová, French Locations: Belarusian, Friday’s

2 Aryna Sabalenka did not participate in a customary post-match press conference after her third-round win at the French Open on Friday, saying she didn’t feel safe when participating in a press conference held earlier this week. Normally, press conferences by players are required. Reuters also reported that French Open organizers said that they want to “protect” Sabalenka and that whether she attends other post-match press conferences will be her decision. CNN has reached out to the French Tennis Federation, the organizers of the French Open, for comment. In 2021, Naomi Osaka of Japan sparked headlines and debate when she had announced she wouldn’t participate in press conferences during the French Open, citing her mental health.

Persons: Aryna Sabalenka, “, ” Sabalenka, Sabalenka’s, Roland Garros, Naomi Osaka, ’ Sabalenka, Sabalenka, ” Organizations: CNN, Reuters, French Tennis Federation, Roland, – Locations: Belarusian, Ukraine, Belarus, Paris, Japan, “

☆ Sabalenka Skips French Open News Conference Citing Her Mental Health
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Aryna Sabalenka’s day began with a routine demolition of Kamilla Rakhimova of Russia that propelled the world’s second-ranked player, who is from Belarus, into the second week of the French Open as expected. But then Sabalenka put herself, the tournament and tennis once more at the center of the debate over sports and the war in Ukraine by refusing to attend the mandatory post-match news conference. She said she had felt unsafe during a previous news conference this week when a journalist from Ukraine asked Sabalenka about her support of President Alexandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus, which has supported Russia’s war against Ukraine. “On Wednesday I did not feel safe in press conference,” Sabalenka was quoted as saying at the beginning of a transcript of her statements following her 6-2, 6-2 win over Rakhimova. “I should be able to feel safe when I do interviews with the journalists after my matches.

Persons: Aryna, Sabalenka, Alexandr G, Lukashenko, ” Sabalenka, “, ” Cédric Laurent Organizations: Ukraine, “ Locations: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, French

☆ How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has impacted tennis
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Every sport in Europe – from soccer to fencing to UFC – has had to grapple with the fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and tennis is no exception. Player tensionFor some Ukrainian players, having to face opponents from Russia and Belarus has been a point of frustration. 2 said she struggled to understand the “hate” she encountered in the locker room amid strained relations with some players following Russia’s invasion. The “Z” symbol is viewed as a sign of support for Russia, including its invasion of Ukraine. Last year, she told CNN Sport that Russian and Belarusian players have a responsibility to take a stance against the war.

Persons: UFC –, Toby Melville, Daria Kasatkina, ”, Marta Kostyuk, Aryna Sabalenka, Sabalenka, won’t, ” Sabalenka, ” Kostyuk, Kai Pfaffenbach, Lesia Tsurenko, Iga Świątek, Daniil Medvedev, “, ” Tsurenko, Poland’s Świątek, Slovakia’s Anna, Karolína, Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina –, Świątek, Tim Clayton, Svitolina, Anastasia Potapova, Srdjan Djokovic, Novak Djokovic, Vladimir Putin Organizations: CNN, UFC, ATP, WTA, Wimbledon, Reuters, BBC, Belarus, Aryna, –, Kostyuk, Sabalenka, Ukrainian, ”, Russian Government, Miami, de Strasbourg, Spartak Moscow, Melbourne, CNN Sport Locations: Europe, Ukraine, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Russian, Russia, Belarus, Kyiv, Reuters Ukrainian, Indian, Vladimirec, Kostyuk, ” Russian, Australian

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