Exclusive: 'One Grand Slam not enough' - Aryna Sabalenka hungry for more ahead of Wimbledon semi-final

12.07.2023 - 18:25 eurosport.com

Ayrna Sabalenka has said in an exclusive interview with Eurosport's Barbara Schett that she is «looking forward to winning more Grand Slams» after reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals with victory over Madison Keys The world No.

2 put in a dominant performance against Keys on Court One, and simply had too much power for her American opponent. Ad It is the second time she has reached the final four at SW19, and while she already has a Grand Slam to her name this season after winning the Australian Open, Sabalenka admitted she was desperate for more.

WimbledonJabeur beats defending champion Rybakina to reach semi-finals, Sabalenka defeats Keys4 HOURS AGO «I'm happy to be back in the semi-finals and hopefully I can do better than last time,» she told Schett. «I think I control myself more, understand myself more, tennis wise I have improved so much since last time so I think I'm a different player compared to myself two years ago. »(Winning the Australian Open) has given me more belief in myself, it was really unbelievable and I'm super happy to have one Grand Slam, but one Grand Slam is not enough for me and I'm really looking forward for more.

I'm going to do everything I can to get another one." Jabeur stands in her way in the final four on Thursday after the Tunisian beat defending champion Elena Rybakina in three sets.

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Tearful Wimbledon runner-up Ons Jabeur described her third defeat in a Grand Slam final as the "most painful" of her career as she vowed to learn from the tennis greats who were also jinxed at the majors. World number six Jabeur was beaten 6-4, 6-4 by unseeded Czech Marketa Vondrousova on Saturday, one year after she lost the Wimbledon final to Elena Rybakina. More pain followed at the US Open later in the year where she was runner-up again, this time to Iga Swiatek. The 28-year-old is only the eighth woman to lose her first three Grand Slam finals. However, she can take comfort from knowing that the likes of Chris Evert, Kim Clijsters and Simona Halep also suffered the same fate before going on to capture Grand Slam titles.

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