Sabalenka full of belief and confidence after reaching Australian Open Quarter-Finals: "This is the new beginning, and this is the next step"

Aryna Sabalenka believes it's her time after another strong win in Australia as she's showing incredible confidence in her tennis, something that didn't happen often.

Sabalenka doubted herself many times and it was never stronger than last year when her serve was broken. She improved a lot since then and right now looks like a pretty decent favourite to win the event. Beating Bencic as comfortably as she did is not easy because the Swiss player was 8-1.

Speaking after the match, Sabalenka:

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"Super happy with the win and the level today on court. She's unbelievable player. I didn't start well in the beginning, but was able to come back in the match. Super happy with the mindset on court."

She added:

"I want to believe that the way I'm working right now, the way I'm on the court right now, this is the new beginning, and this is the next step. I really want to believe that it's going to really help me."

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