{"id":133367,"date":"2025-09-04T23:16:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T23:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/133367\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T23:16:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T23:16:04","slug":"what-aryna-sabalenkas-team-believe-about-her-as-she-reaches-the-us-open-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/133367\/","title":{"rendered":"What Aryna Sabalenka\u2019s team \u2018believe\u2019 about her as she reaches the US Open semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Aryna Sabalenka continues her quest for further Grand Slam success at the US Open, where she faces a rematch with Jessica Pegula.<\/p>\n

WTA<\/a> number one Sabalenka<\/a> won the title in New York this time last year, defeating home favorite Pegula 7-5, 7-5.<\/p>\n

The duo will now go head-to-head once more in the semifinals of the tournament, which Sabalenka reached after a withdrawal from Marketa Vondrousova.<\/p>\n

Sabalenka empathised with Vondrousova<\/a>, who pulled out of their US Open<\/a> quarterfinal at Flushing Meadows with injury.<\/p>\n

The top seed\u2019s focus has since turned to Pegula, who is set to receive heavy support at Arthur Ashe Stadium.<\/p>\n

\"ArynaPhoto by Robert Prange\/Getty ImagesWhat Aryna Sabalenka\u2019s team believe about her ahead of her US Open semifinal<\/p>\n

The American enjoyed her best-ever Grand Slam run on home soil last time out, while the Belarusian claimed her third Grand Slam title.<\/p>\n

And Sabalenka\u2019s new coach Max Mirnyi<\/a> has now shared insight into the latest feelings in and around her camp, telling BBC Sport<\/a>: \u201cEverything fluctuates in life. We\u2019re not machines, we\u2019re not robots, right?<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Jessica Pegula reveals what happened when she faced Aryna Sabalenka in training at the US Open which she stopped early<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAs good as some of the professionals are in their fields, they\u2019re still human. It comes down to being good, but not always perfect. A tennis match is very tough to make perfect.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s okay, she\u2019s getting to the latter stages of Slams consistently, which makes us believe she is putting herself in the position time and time again to win it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Max Mirnyi predicts what will happen to Aryna Sabalenka as she gets older<\/p>\n

Mirnyi certainly knows what it takes to achieve such success, having won 10 Grand Slam doubles titles during his playing career.<\/p>\n

He has since switched his focus to helping his compatriot clinch further glory on the biggest stage, which she has come agonisingly close to on two occasions this season.<\/p>\n

Sabalenka lost the Australian Open final to Madison Keys, and suffered the same fate against Coco Gauff at the French Open.<\/p>\n

Sharing further insight into the 27-year-old\u2019s attitude in light of those near misses, Mirnyi said: \u201cI think it\u2019s good she is emotional. But it\u2019s about having control over those ups and downs.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs she gets older she gets more experienced, she will advance more and more in that department \u2013 it\u2019s natural when you\u2019re younger and more emotional to have more outbursts.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere she has been very comfortable [emotionally] and is confidently progressing in all facets of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin2023Australian OpenHardElena Rybakina4\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20134Loss2023US OpenHardCoco Gauff6\u20132, 3\u20136, 2\u20136Win2024Australian OpenHardZheng Qinwen6\u20133, 6\u20132Win2024US OpenHardJessica Pegula7\u20135, 7\u20135Loss2025Australian OpenHardMadison Keys3\u20136, 6\u20132, 5\u20137Loss2025French OpenClayCoco Gauff7\u20136(7\u20135), 2\u20136, 4\u20136Aryna Sabalenka Grand Slam finals<\/p>\n

World number one Sabalenka boasts three Grand Slam titles from her stunning career so far, having also lost three Grand Slam finals.<\/p>\n

She also currently sits on 20 WTA titles, three of which have arrived this season, and worryingly for her rivals it seems that she is far from finished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aryna Sabalenka continues her quest for further Grand Slam success at the US Open, where she faces a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[652,52644,99,428,11883,654],"class_list":{"0":"post-133367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-aryna-sabalenka","9":"tag-max-mirnyi","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-us-open","13":"tag-wta"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}