“Step by step”: Sabalenka’s Argentine term with AM850 to refer to the Sunshine Double challenge

Aryna Sabalenka (1st in the world) does not stop her march in the 2026 season. The Brisbane and Indian Wells champion defeated Hailey Baptiste (45th) 6-4 and 6-4 and He reached the semi-final of the Miami Open for the second consecutive yearwhere he defends the title obtained in 2025.

The Belarusian, also a finalist at the Australian Open in January, had to work to get rid of the North American player who, with nothing to lose, played loose and knew how to make her uncomfortable. The hierarchy of Anton Dubrov’s pupil, however, was present in each of the sets, while the local tennis player wasted chances of break and committed three double faults in a row in the last games of the party.

After the function, the owner of 23 professional titles, including four Grand Slam, He agreed to dialogue with AM850 Tenisreferred to the new chapter that she will star in against the Kazakh Elena Rybakina (2nd) and highlighted the difficulty of achieving the famous Sunshine Doublewhich involves conquering Indian Wells and Miami in the same year.

Following the sayings of the Russian Daniil Medvedev (10th), who stated that this feat is more complex to achieve than a title Majorthe WTA leader emphasized: “Of course it’s a little more difficult because the Grand Slam lasts two weeks, but the Sunshine Double you have to play great tennis for four weeks in a row. It’s a lot, it’s intense and it demands a lot of energy.. I just try to take it one step at a time and continue from there.” Helped by Agostina Larocca, Aryna became Argentinian and He stated that he is going “step by step” towards that goal.

For a place in the final of the tournament, They will be seen for the third time in the season with the aforementioned Rybakinaa player who displaced the Polish Iga Swiatek (3rd) from second place in the ranking and exhibits world-class tennis every day. The Muscovite won the definition of the Australian Open, while the Minski took revenge days ago to take the trophy in the California Desert.

“Intense, fast and emotional”, He summarized what the confrontation between them will be like. “I wouldn’t say that with Elena it’s a big roller coaster. It’s more that everything is defined in a few key moments in each setand sometimes it goes one way, sometimes the other, but it’s not like a big roller coaster. So we’ll see,” said Sabalenka, who dominates the history between them 9-7.

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