Overview
- Aryna Sabalenka says she learned to "stay settled" and view situations from the outside, a lesson she attributes to Novak Djokovic.
- The world No. 1 acknowledges she had "terrible" emotional control in the Australian Open and French Open finals and says she now stays calmer and sticks to her match plan.
- She practiced with Djokovic in Athens after her US Open win and described time together off court as part of an ongoing friendship.
- Sabalenka recalls an hour-long chat with Djokovic at Wimbledon and believes remembering his advice helped in New York.
- She begins her WTA Finals in Riyadh against No. 8 seed Jasmine Paolini and says she prepared for the event as if it were a Grand Slam.