When everything pointed to Aryna Sabalenka He would be in the final of Roland Garros because of how he had been playing in the Parisian tournament, finally, he has been left with honey on his lips. Because the Belarusian has not even been able to reach the semifinals.
And there are two reasons for its failure. The first that the Russian Mirra Andreeva, 17, crossed her path and is ready to achieve a major feat in Paris. And the second, a stomach virus that affected Aryna throughout the day and the game itself.
The match ended with the world number 2 visibly physically diminished after the 6-7 (5), 6-4 and 6-4 that they conceded and with a young tennis player, trained by the Spanish Conchita Martínez, radiant with happiness. And Andreeva showed enormous personality against a rival of the stature of Sabalenka, winner of the last two Australian Opens and who was looking for her seventh consecutive Grand Slam semifinal.
At the end of the match, Aryna did not appear before the media at a press conference and explained the reason: “On a physical level I had a very bad time throughout the match. I have been very sick in recent days with some kind of stomach virus, it has been a challenge. It’s been like this for several days now, I’ve done everything I can to deal with it. I always do my best to fight until the end, I hoped I could find a way to win and feel better. “Now I will start training on grass as soon as possible and prepare for my next tournament, Berlin.”
Analyzing the match, it is true that she was seen with many physical problems and that the Belarusian had even to be attended to in the middle of the track, which prevented him from playing the game that had taken him to the quarterfinals without losing a set.
Definitely, There were many ups and downs that Sabalenka showed during the clash, until she ended up giving in and being eliminated a round earlier than last year. The other side of the coin was experienced by this young promise of women’s tennis who already Last year he caused a sensation at Roland Garros by reaching the third round coming from the previous phase. Later, at Wimbledon and a few weeks later, she qualified for her first Grand Slam round of 16.
Now, will be measured for a place in the final against another unexpected player, the Italian Jasmine Paoliniwho defeated Elina Rybakina, fourth racket in the world, 6-2, 4-6 and 6-4.
