Aryna Sabalenka has never been the calm person she is now. Anyone who’s followed her career has seen the fire: the screams, the racket smashes, hurtful words, the tears after tough losses. Yet behind that storm stands a surprising influence: her friend Novak Djokovic – a man who’s made a career out of keeping his cool. It almost feels like fire meeting water. But Djokovic, too, wasn’t always zen. He learned it with time. And now Sabalenka is learning it too. Recently, she revealed a Djokovic secret that changed how she sees herself and her game.

Last month, Sabalenka had the chance to train with Novak Djokovic in Greece, where he now permanently resides. Fresh off her 2025 US Open victory, she took a short training-holiday in Athens, skipping the China Open to rest and reset. There, she

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