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Standing between her and the title was the home-favorite, Amanda Anisimova, who had beaten Sabalenka<\/a> at Wimbledon a few months earlier.<\/p>\n Getting her revenge in style, Sabalenka secured the win in straight sets<\/a>, 6-3, 7-6, taking her Grand Slam tally to four.<\/p>\n Reflecting on Sabalenka\u2019s US Open<\/a> campaign, former world number four Garcia has revealed why she thought the Belarusian might miss out on the trophy.<\/p>\n Caroline Garcia thought Aryna Sabalenka might be too emotional to win the US Open<\/p>\n Appearing as a guest on the latest episode of the \u2018Roland Garros podcast\u2019, Garcia<\/a> shared her thoughts on Sabalenka\u2019s US Open win.<\/p>\n \u201cShe plays with all of her emotion. Sometimes, she may have lost a couple of matches because of that, but probably she won a lot because she played with her heart and her emotions,\u201d said Garcia.<\/p>\n \u201cShe was one of the favorites, but she said if she didn\u2019t win a Slam this year, it would\u2019ve been a disappointing year, so she really wanted it.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes when you want something too much, you don\u2019t make it happen. I thought at one moment she would get too emotional about it, but it looked like she learned a lot from her previous final.\u201d<\/p>\n Garcia proceeded to comment on the improvements Sabalenka<\/a> has made to her game since they last played in 2022.<\/p>\n \u201cI think since the last time I played her, she became the Aryna Sabalenka we now know, the world number one, Grand Slam winner,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cObviously, she still had the very same strengths; she was powerful. Wants to take advantage, controls the game with a big serve, which is way more consistent now than it was at one moment in her career. She can still sometimes have bad moments and make more double faults, but most of the time it\u2019s quite solid, and she gets a lot of free points out of it, or at least a short ball, where she can manage with the forehand.<\/p>\n \u201cShe moves well for how tall she is and has that presence. She\u2019s obviously loud when she hits the ball, but she more imposes herself.\u201d<\/p>\n Garcia has been impressed with the improvements Sabalenka has made over recent years, but how did they fare against each other on the WTA Tour<\/a>?<\/p>\n Aryna Sabalenka and Caroline Garcia\u2019s head-to-head record<\/p>\n Sabalenka and Garcia met five times in total, with the latter edging their head-to-head 3-2.<\/p>\n MatchWinnerLoserScore2022 WTA Finals \u2013 FCaroline GarciaAryna Sabalenka7-6, 6-42022 Cincinnati Open \u2013 SFCaroline GarciaAryna Sabalenka6-2, 4-6, 6-12018 WTA Elite Trophy \u2013 RRCaroline GarciaAryna Sabalenka6-4, 6-42018 China Open \u2013 3RAryna SabalenkaCaroline Garcia5-7, 7-6, 6-02018 Cincinnati Open \u2013 3RAryna SabalenkaCaroline Garcia6-4, 3-6, 7-5Aryna Sabalenka and Caroline Garcia\u2019s head-to-head record<\/p>\n After losing their first two matches, Garcia won three in a row, two of which came en route to the biggest titles of her career.<\/p>\n Taking Sabalenka down in the Cincinnati Open<\/a> semis in 2022, Garcia went on to pick up her third WTA 1000 title with a win over Petra Kvitova in the final.<\/p>\n![\"Aryna](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2233470433-1024x641.jpg\")
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