"I gave her a lot of easy matches this season" - Superb Sabalenka stuns Swiatek at WTA Finals

Aryna Sabalenka stunned Iga Swiatek in a fascinating match that saw the Belarusian playing the best tennis she played in a long time.

She was superb outplaying Swiatek from the baseline and even found her serve in the final set to keep the Polish player away from any chances to pull back the break. It was not the first match they played this year and Sabalenka referenced that after the match:

"I gave her a lot of easy matches this season, and I think that’s enough for her. I wanted to make sure that, every time she plays against me, she knows she has to work hard to get a win. It was only because of this thinking that I was able to play such an amazing level tonight.”

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Adding:

“The only thing I had in my mind was just make her work. And that’s it. It’s only because of that I was able to show unbelievable tennis tonight and get this win.”