By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday February 1 2024
Aryna Sabalenka has at all times had a factor for modeling. The 25-year-old Belarusian likes to flirt with the digital camera and she or he’s by no means been shy about posting the outcome on her social media feeds.
After her profitable title protection on the 2024 Australian Open, Sabalenka acquired to stay one other dream of hers – she graced the January cowl of Vogue Australia Digital.
On a light Saturday night in Melbourne, Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus claimed the 2024 Australian Open girls’s singles title 6-3, 6-2, in opposition to Zheng Qinwen of China. https://t.co/bEXwXKb7Bx
— Vogue Journal (@voguemagazine) January 27, 2024
She additionally talked to the journal about what it means to grow to be the primary lady to efficiently defend the ladies’s singles title in Melbourne since Victoria Azarenka in 2013.
“I feel the perfect factor was I used to be capable of deal with strain rather well and compete at such a excessive stage with all of the strain, which was the perfect factor I did during the last couple of weeks,” Sabalenka instructed Vogue.
Contemporary off of her second consecutive win on the Australian Open, Aryna Sabalenka covers Vogue Australia’s January 2024 digital subject. The tennis star opens up on her latest win, being a job mannequin, and what motivates her. Learn the total profile: https://t.co/te2tx7cRHz pic.twitter.com/Wmik5nmIW0
— Vogue Journal (@voguemagazine) January 29, 2024
The 2-time main champion says it was robust to disregard the strain, as a result of it was a subject she merely couldn’t keep away from.
“You attempt to ignore it however you see your photos in every single place,” she stated. “Like, each interview you get these questions on defending the title. You attempt to ignore it however nonetheless it’s in your head. For 2 weeks you’re actually combating with your self inside, making an attempt to not let these doubts come into your thoughts. It’s been a extremely robust couple of weeks and I’m actually completely happy I used to be capable of get via.”