"Super disappointed, I was back to old habits" Sabalenka laments return of issues with serve

Aryna Sabalenka described her match against Elena Rybakina as a 'reversal to old habits' and in some ways, it truly was as she served double-digit double faults in the loss.

Sabalenka lost the Indian Wells final against Rybakina and it 'was a very good performance from Sabalenka. She held her own pretty well in the first set but she also served a double fault on set point. She served a couple of them in the match at very bad times which looked more like the Sabalenka of the past than the grand slam-winning player we saw so far this year.

After the match, Sabalenka lamented her missed chances in the first set:

"I had a lot of opportunities in the first set and I didn't use it, which is totally fine. I feel like it's a small reminder that, no, you still have to work on so many things. There will be days when not everything will go your way, so you still have to work hard and you still have to fight a lot."

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On struggling with her serve, Sabalenka said:

"There will be some days when old habits will come back and you just have to work through it. Not every match will be going your way and you will be serving perfectly. So it is just kind of a reminder that that's okay to still be struggling with something."

And some more:

"That's okay to don't play your best. Keep fighting and keep using the rest of the weapons. Today I would say that I was super disappointed with my serve, so I was back to old habits. I was a little bit overreacting to things and I wasn't there in the first two games in the second set."

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