There were no tears on the court after Aryna Sabalenka won her second Australian Open title on Saturday night but no one would be able to blame her if there were.
The 25-year-old Belarusian was utterly ruthless as she claimed her second-straight title at Melbourne Park in a 6-3 6-2 annihilation of China’s Qinwen Zheng.
Sabalenka was on a mission throughout the last fortnight, becoming just the fifth woman in Australian Open history to win the tournament without losing a set, as well as becoming the first since Victoria Azarenka in 2012 and 2013 to win back-to-back.
However, the Belarusian wasn’t only driven by the will to defend her title but also a promise to her father Sergey, who passed away suddenly in November 2019 at the age of 43.
Sabalenka, who featured in the Netflix documentary Break Point, revealed she had promised to win at least two grand slam titles before the age of…
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