By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow | Sunday, March 9, 2025
Photo credit: Matthew Calvis
Aryna Sabalenka went to pieces after Madison Keys dethroned her as Australian Open champion.
A seething Sabalenka splattered her Wilson Blade to the hard court after a courageous Keys dethroned the two-time defending champion 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in an inspirational AO showdown pitting premier power players that escalated into a classic on Rod Laver Arena.
This week in Indian Wells, Sabalenka it’s taken her weeks to process that defeat and pick up the pieces, emotionally, after coming up slightly short in the AO final classic.
Shattering her Wilson stick was Sabalenka’s physical expression of heartbreak.
“I’d say that the final in Australia [I] was really heartbroken,” Sabalenka told the media in Indian Wells. “It was very difficult to recover after that one, and Middle East I was kind of like, in my thoughts, I was trying to understand.
“I was…
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