World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka shared her thoughts on her defeat to Madison Keys in the Australian Open final (with a score of 3/6, 6/2, 5/7). She admitted that accepting this setback was very difficult. According to her, it took almost a whole week to recover from the initial shock and put the final behind her.
However, Sabalenka believes that such losses only make her stronger. They provide her with powerful motivation and help her focus on practice and her game. Perhaps sometimes defeats are useful for taking a step back, analyzing one`s performance, making adjustments, accepting what happened, and moving forward with renewed energy.
