Achieving the pinnacle of professional tennis, winning Grand Slams, climbing to the top of the rankings, and touring the globe is no small feat. For Aryna Sabalenka , the WTA star from Minsk, Belarus, the journey has been extraordinary. Reflecting after her 2023 Madrid Open triumph, she said, “If someone would say I would be a Grand Slam champion and I would be No.2 in the world and that I would be winning titles on clay, I would have thought, ‘I don’t know, it’s a lot of work to do and I’m not sure that I’m capable of this.’” Now, with 9610 points, a WTA Finals spot in Riyadh, and a quarterfinal berth at the Wuhan Open , Sabalenka shares a dream come true moment, a jiff she once only dared to imagine.

Recently crowned Open champion Aryna Sabalenka extended her remarkable Wuhan Op

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