US Open 2022: Aryna Sabalenka becomes emotional after losing to Iga Swiatek and analyzes Off

In New York, Sabalenka was in the semifinals of a Grand Slam for the third time (Wimbledon and US Open 2021, US Open 2022). But she never reached the final.

Therefore, the number six in the world also said: “I think I had so many opportunities in the three semifinals and didn’t take them. But I think everything happens for a reason. That makes me stronger in the next semifinals.”

With a little more distance, she could certainly “take a lot of positive things with her. After such a difficult year, I didn’t expect any wins here. But I did it and got better.”

Sabalenka missed the tournament in Wimbledon this year due to the ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes. The tennis stars from these two countries were not allowed to participate because of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.

Sabalenka analyzes: “It was my mistake”

At some point against Swiatek she “just tried to stay in the game. That was my mistake, I should have died,” explained the Belarusian, who also emphasized: “The first three games (against Swiatek, Anm. d. Network.) that year I wasn’t myself, I was someone else. I was like a player trying to survive off my serve, off my game, so I’d say that was a real game from me today.