The comments that smack of sexism about his tennis? Aryna Sabalenka doesn't care. On the contrary, the world number 1 does not hesitate to stage her supposed stereotypical game. In the latest advertising spot from her equipment manufacturer with the legendary comma, we see the Belarusian performing a series of lead serves and brutal strikes, aiming at headlights, windows or even the bodywork of a car. The result? Lots of damage.
” Attention. This is a test. Don't try to imitate the power of Aryna Sabalenka in your home”, warns, in the caption, the video broadcast on Sunday January 12, at the start of the Australian Open. The double title holder, who faces the Russian Mirra Andreeva in the round of 16 on Sunday January 19, recalled this during her press conference on the sidelines of the first Grand Slam tournament of the season: the two trump cards of her game are her “strike force and the way in which [elle se] bat » on the ground.
The 1.82m right-hander has already been flashed, in 2018, at 214 km/h on serve, one of the fastest aces in the history of women's tennis, even if it has not been officially recorded . During the US Open 2024, the prize for the highest average speed generated on a forehand was awarded by the organizers to… Sabalenka (128 km/h), ahead of the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (127 km/h), l the Italian Jannik Sinner (125.5 km/h) and the Serbian Novak Djokovic (122 km/h).
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