World number two
Aryna Sabalenka believes that it is not
about which player is better on a certain court as she talked about her recent
defeat in the
Madrid Open final. The 26-year-old suffered a heartbreaking defeat
to the current world number one
Iga Swiatek in the final of the recently concluded
WTA 1000 event in the Spanish capital with a score of 7-5, 4-6, 7-6.
Talking about the contest, the two-time Grand Slam winner admitted
that every player likes playing on a certain kind of court but believes that it
is not all about which court you are playing on.
She stated that more often than not, it is about what you do
when there is an important point to be won, something that became clear during
the final of the Madrid Open as well where Swiatek was just better in crucial
moments.
"Well, I mean, obviously Iga [Swiatek] is much better
on clay than me, for example. I would say Elena [Rybakina] is better on grass.
I'm maybe a little bit better on hard court," she said.
"At the same time I cannot say that it's all about the
surface. I mean, as the time shows, I can beat them on clay, on hard, on grass.
It's not about the surface, I would say. It's about honestly in each match
couple of key moments where, like, probably she played better.
Aryna Sabalenka suffered a defeat in the final of the Madrid Open to Poland's Iga Swiatek.
"For example, last match with Iga [Swiatek], I wouldn't
say on those important points I did something wrong, it's just I was doing the
right thing, but she was doing it better little bit. It's just about little
things.
"It's not about the surface. It's a process. You learn
from that little mistakes you made during the match, then you go and work on
them, you try better next time. It's just little improvements, like little
percentage better every day. Hope for the better result.”
