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Aryna Sabalenka starts off 2025 in the best possible way. She is already in the final of WTA Brisbane 2025, where she will face Polina Kudermetova after the defeat suffered in the past edition against Elena Rybakina 6-0 6-3. To reach this point, she has had to overcome Mirra Andreeva, Marie Bouzkova, Yulia Putintsteva, and Renata Zarazúa, against whom she has not dropped a single set.

The year 2024 for Aryna Sabalenka was very positive. She won two Grand Slam titles (Australian Open and US Open) and the WTA 1000 titles in Cincinnati and Wuhan, all on hard court. Now, she is preparing for Australia in WTA Brisbane 2025, where she is already in the final and is experimenting with new features in her game, as she explained in a press conference.

- Victory against a future champion

Mirra Andreeva is one of the tennis world's great promises, and at 17 years old, she is already a player that the top players take into account: "I am very happy to be back in the final, winning against someone like Mirra makes me very happy. I didn't want to engage in a physical battle, and she is a young player with excellent tennis skills, moves well, and serves well. She is definitely a future Top 10 player."

- Changes in her game

Aryna revealed that what she has been working on during the preseason is not yet paying off: "I need matches and solid training on everything I've been working on during the preseason to perform well in a Grand Slam. So far, the new things I've been training on are not working very well, but I need time. I am introducing more changes of pace and slices into my game. I hope things go better for me in Melbourne."

"I seek to have variety in my game for matches where I need a plan B. I believe that being able to rely on tricky shots will bring me many benefits. The court here is too fast, and maybe I am getting a bit obsessed with that, so I think I need to trust more in my first instinct."

- Her team

Aryna is very connected to her work team, so she places a lot of importance on who is around her: "It is important to find someone you really trust and who is intelligent. The first thing I look for in a coach is that they understand that when I get crazy on the court, it's nothing personal, I just need to express my emotions, so I need someone calm and who can handle those emotions. If I had a coach like me, it would be all fights."

- Final against Polina Kudermetova

Her final opponent will be Kudermetova, not the Wimbledon winner but her sister, who at 21 is climbing the rankings to enter the top 100 players in the world: "She is an aggressive player and has the mentality of having nothing to lose. I will have to press her as much as I can; it will be a great battle. She is in the final, and she deserves it; I am eager to play against her."

The final of WTA Brisbane 2025 will be tomorrow, Sunday, January 5th, at 07:30 (local Spanish time) between Aryna Sabalenka and Polina Kudermetova.

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