{"id":80810,"date":"2026-01-20T22:13:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T01:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/aryna-sabalenka-overcomes-tricky-start-at-australian-open\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T22:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T01:13:22","slug":"aryna-sabalenka-overcomes-tricky-start-at-australian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/aryna-sabalenka-overcomes-tricky-start-at-australian-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Aryna Sabalenka overcomes &#8216;tricky start&#8217; at Australian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp\">Jan 18, 2026, 06:29 AM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p>MELBOURNE, Australia &#8212; <a data-player-guid=\"c91d133a-526a-ea8d-654c-7ef6915ad63b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3038\">Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> admitted she was a little bit nervous with Rod Laver and Roger Federer in the crowd for her first-round win at the Australian Open on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The top-ranked Sabalenka, who won the Australian title in 2023 and 2024 and was runner-up last year to <a data-player-guid=\"63d63db4-882a-e1c0-6866-76a42b089c46\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=1556\">Madison Keys<\/a>, lost the first three points and dropped her opening service game before rallying to beat <a data-player-guid=\"992f74e4-f3fc-3cb0-ada2-20fbaede0029\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=14710\">Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah<\/a> 6-4, 6-1.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t start my best. She showed up. Fired on. She was playing great,&#8221; Sabalenka said of the left-handed Rakotomanga Rajaonah, a 20-year-old French wild-card entry. &#8220;It was a tricky start. I&#8217;m super happy I found my rhythm at the end of the second set.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Sabalenka prepared for the first major of the season with a title in Brisbane, which included a quarterfinal win over Keys. She has been in good form and is into her 74th week with the women&#8217;s No. 1 ranking.<\/p>\n<p>In her on-court interview, she said she had sneaked a look and saw Laver, the Australian great who has the main court named in his honor, and 20-time major winner Federer sitting in adjoining seats.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a huge fan. I wanted to show great tennis so you guys enjoyed watching me play,&#8221; she said. &#8220;There was definitely a lot of pressure. I was walking thinking &#8216;don&#8217;t look there, don&#8217;t look there!'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She shrugged that off, found her rhythm and was content with a straight-sets win.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s the first match, right? You&#8217;re always kind of trying to figure out where you are,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Two seeded players were eliminated in the opening afternoon Sunday, with <a data-player-guid=\"950bb889-e4d2-33ec-9ff6-3b0f34ec4168\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=6061\">Elsa Jacquemot<\/a> ousting No. 20 <a data-player-guid=\"16648ecb-3a46-7021-7d78-c6d56b134745\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3382\">Marta Kostyuk<\/a> 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7) and Turkish qualifier <a data-player-guid=\"6622e0f6-f237-3a2d-a338-313771d30b51\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=5604\">Zeynep Sonmez<\/a> upsetting No. 11 <a data-player-guid=\"b4dc27b2-146b-000e-3f5d-5e1431231999\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3182\">Ekaterina Alexandrova<\/a> 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00f6nmez halted her match briefly in the second set to help a ball kid who appeared to be struggling in the heat before the tournament medical team took over.<\/p>\n<p>Seventh-seeded <a data-player-guid=\"1cb6cc14-00ad-6c8b-301e-aa8adc243503\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2615\">Jasmine Paolini<\/a> beat <a data-player-guid=\"bceac310-4fcb-4ff3-30e4-65051f10b826\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=1809\">Aliaksandra Sasnovich<\/a> 6-1, 6-2, and No. 12 <a data-player-guid=\"33125b01-8f6a-90c1-1c46-141cca252e50\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=1797\">Elina Svitolina<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"8340404b-16a3-2522-5c09-57fd5e1cbda5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3018\">Maria Sakkari<\/a> advanced in straight sets.<\/p>\n<p>Former Wimbledon champion <a data-player-guid=\"ae7a8830-2ec5-c8bb-252e-93b73503668b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2735\">Marketa Vondrousova<\/a> withdrew because of a shoulder injury before her scheduled first-round match, giving a place in the main draw to <a data-player-guid=\"a4287837-099c-33e5-009f-6ab8763da8a4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2114\">Taylor Townsend<\/a>, the lucky loser from qualifying, to take on <a data-player-guid=\"282e9816-0563-ac66-b043-d79fadc302ee\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3913\">Hailey Baptiste<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2\u00bd-hour all-American contest on Court 13, Baptiste prevailed 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/47649620\/aryna-sabalenka-overcomes-tricky-start-australian-open\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan 18, 2026, 06:29 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia &#8212; Aryna Sabalenka admitted she was a little bit nervous with Rod Laver and Roger Federer in the crowd for her first-round win at the Australian Open on Sunday. 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