Sabalenka applies her survival manual and unravels Siegemund's trick

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Aryna Sabalenka is going to give blood, sweat, and tears to win the title of Wimbledon 2025. The world number one overcame the tennis and mental challenge posed by Laura Siegemund. The German player frustrated her and pushed her to the edge, but she managed to escape just in time to reach her second semifinal at Wimbledon. The Belarusian was on the brink of exiting the tournament but held on to the grass of Centre Court like a tigress to claim victory with a score of 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, after two hours and 56 minutes.

After a sad and unlucky night with the cruel retirement of Grigor Dimitrov, the first day of the quarterfinals dawned with perfect conditions. Opening Centre Court were the world number one and top favorite for the title, Aryna Sabalenka, and the tournament's big surprise, Laura Siegemund.

The 37-year-old tennis player was defying all odds by reaching her first Grand Slam quarterfinals of her career with a somewhat peculiar style of play. A wide range of strokes in her arsenal, combined with certain behaviors that can unsettle her opponents, such as taking longer than usual to serve, prolonged grunts, or certain gestures. And this is not just the opinion of this writer, it was confirmed by the German player herself: "My style of play bothers many opponents."

So she was very clear about her strategy against the world number one, and in the lead-up, Sabalenka accepted the challenge: "Yes, it's bothersome. But I have faced many tough opponents. I think for me, personally, the key is not to rush and not get frustrated by her game, and focus on myself."

Siegemund executed her plan perfectly

However, she didn't execute it at the start of the match. Siegemund came out strong, very aggressive in returns, leaving the Belarusian with no answers, as she struggled to find solutions to the challenge posed by the veteran player. The German player's plan worked because she took a 3-0 lead.

While Sabalenka didn't keep her promise as she grew frustrated with each point lost and cursed herself for not being able to break Siegemund's momentum. The German maintained her hold and claimed the first set 6-4.

The world number one had no choice but to dig herself out of the hole if she didn't want to see her "dream" of lifting the title in London vanish once again. So she stepped up and broke the German's serve to go up 2-0, but Siegemund persisted with her game and tactics, which gradually began to irritate the player from Minsk, such as the time she took between serves.

But the world number one managed to keep control and took the hard-fought and entertaining second set (6-2) to push the match to the decisive set in a game that was utterly unpredictable.

A third set that was a battle

The scoreline of the second set didn't reflect Sabalenka's struggle on the court. Siegemund's deep shots and returns didn't allow her to be comfortable or dominate the exchanges, and in the third set, any small error could prove costly. The German player took the lead at 3-1, triggering alarms at Centre Court as the world number one was in danger.

But if she is the queen of the circuit, it's because she never lets go of the match, no matter how tough Siegemund made it for her. Besides the dilemma posed by Siegemund, Sabalenka's tennis was quite subpar and she lost her service at a crucial moment, the seventh game.

Every point was a battle of shouts, intensity, and a variety of strokes, the German had the opportunity to reach 5-3, but Sabalenka was willing to fight until the end. She leveled at 4-4, and tension filled the air.

But the world number one said 'enough'. She shut down Siegemund's mental and tennis game and took the match (4-6, 6-2, 6-4) after one of the best matches of this Wimbledon edition. The tigress from Minsk roared in the tennis cathedral. She knows it: it's her year in London and she will fight for it.

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