“I really wanted to win a slam for him, just to put our family name in the history,” Aryna Sabalenka confessed in an episode of the second season of the Netflix series Break Point. She has four of those now, thanks to her victory over homegirl Amanda Anisimova at this year’s US Open final. But her father still continues to be in her heart. It became evident after she let her emotions speak louder than her words following a special triumph she longed for throughout this season.

Back in 2019, Sabalenka’s father passed away at just 43. He was suffering from meningitis, an infection that results in inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and the spinal cord. While it was the toughest battle she had to go through in life, Sabalenka gathered up her spirits to fulfill a special pr

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