{"id":246588,"date":"2025-11-06T03:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T03:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/246588\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T03:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T03:59:12","slug":"i-went-too-far-aryna-sabalenka-fumes-at-coach-before-he-walks-out-on-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/246588\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I went too far’ – Aryna Sabalenka fumes at coach before he walks out on match"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aryna Sabalenka raged at coach Anton Dubrov before watching him walk out in the middle of her match.<\/p>\n

The world No.1 was visibly frustrated during her second round-robin match against Jessica Pegula at the season-ending WTA Finals.<\/p>\n

\"Sabalenka<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sabalenka admitted she lost her coolCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

During the closely-fought contest, Sabalenka was seen airing her feelings towards her box where Dubrov was sitting.<\/p>\n

Her offloading appeared to be too much to bear for Dubrox who left his seat during the third set.<\/p>\n

However, his sharp exit didn\u2019t appear to throw the US Open champion off course as he went on to claim a 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 victory.<\/p>\n

The win means the Belarusian still has a chance to make it out of the group stage and qualify for the semi-finals of the event.<\/p>\n

Crossed the line<\/p>\n

Sabalenka<\/a> later conceded that she was highly stressed during the match and was probably too harsh on her coach.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe I went a little bit too much on Anton, we\u2019re going to probably \u2013 if he\u2019s still here \u2013 we\u2019re going to talk, but I don\u2019t know where he is,\u201d Sabalenka told The Tennis Channel.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut yeah, I went a bit too much. I was so frustrated inside of me and I was just trying to let it go, probably I went too far \u2013 not probably \u2013 I went too far.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although the four-time Grand Slam winner admitted she had crossed the line, she believes her coach made the right decision in leaving her to it.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I think it was the right move from him to probably just let me be on my own,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to say it the way I wanted to say, but he really upset me and I was really stressed and angry on him, and it really helped me to pull out such tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Sabalenka<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sabalenka insists there are no hard feelings after Dubrov left the matchCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Sabalenka came into the match on the back of a victory over Jasmine Paolini in her first match of the week.<\/p>\n

Chance of redemption<\/p>\n

She now faces American Coco Gauff<\/a> in their final round-robin match in what will be a repeat of the French Open final.<\/p>\n

Gauff <\/a>was victorious at Roland Garros, coming from a set down to win but the final was remembered for Sabalenka\u2019s post-match comments where she claimed Gauff only won because she took advantage of her unforced errors and that Iga Siwatek would have beaten the American.<\/p>\n

Ahead of Wimbledon this summer, Sabalenka released a statement and a written apology to Gauff.<\/p>\n

“I’ve always been really good with Coco,” Sabalenka said.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t really want to offend her. I was just completely upset with myself, and emotions got over me. I just completely lost it.<\/p>\n

\"It's<\/a><\/p>\n

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It’s a familiar foe up next for SabalenkaCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

“I did what I did. I get what I deserve, I believe. It was a tough time for me. The lesson is learned.<\/p>\n

“This time the emotions took over me. In the finals or semi-finals, sometimes I can get over-emotional. I would like to improve that.<\/p>\n

“I would like to stay to the same mentality I have during the tournament, because I believe I get over-emotional at the last stages of the tournaments because I have this desire of winning.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aryna Sabalenka raged at coach Anton Dubrov before watching him walk out in the middle of her match.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-246588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}