The fact that Peterson didn’t go crazy celebrating beating a #1 seed shows a lot of class on her part. Kind of reminds me when Hingis feel apart against Dokic back in 1999 in the first round at Wimbledon.
I’m a martial artist and when you lose your nerve on certain kicks, your confidence can unravel really fast. It’s a very lonely place. I feel so bad for her
This was so tough to watch. Im a big fan of Sabalenka, and I have confidence that when she overcomes this challenge, her rebirth will be glorious! Its OK not to be OK sometimes
@@JK-vc7ie You are insensitive. She feels bad that her most lethal weapon, her serve is not there for her. It can impact her career. I hope she recovers and plays fabulous tennis.
Sabalenka is weak. It is not enough be grounded, not moving and only hitting hard, during Iga Swiatek era. She need change , cut her roots and start using legs, and brain too or she will vanish from tennis world.
No it’s not. She’s playing a game. There are real things in this world where people are actually suffering for real. Soldiers get their legs and arms blown off. People get diagnosed with terminal diseases and have a young family. I’m not saying she’s wrong for being frustrated, but that other people look at this with such strong empathy. Give me a break.
Listen… no one knows what really was going on but her. The serve yips are a real thing but it almost seemed like it was more than that.. mental health is not something to be taken lightly. A lot of people think the life of a professional athlete is all glitz and glam, but that often case is not the case. I know she’s playing the Australian open, but I truly believe it may be in her best interest to do what Osaka did and maybe not compete again until Indian wells or even the clay court swing.
She’s winning with such serves. Idk how she could win matches with that many double faults. Against Serena she had like only 4 double fault last year. These players really bring their A games when it’s Serena.
She seems friendly, charming and unstressed in recent interviews and likes a laugh and jokes about it. I know it is sometimes difficult to tell but she has said it is a technical problem with serve rather than mental illness.
Actually I'd say almost nobody knows this feeling. This isn't a loss of mechanics, it's a loss of mind. She's having to fight a 1 person war against herself at the current height of her professional life. Her career is at risk of a total collapse despite being just 23 in healthy. It's not like an injury, where you know there is something specific that can be done to fix the problem. There is 0 answer for the yips, until it decides to go away. For some people it lasts a few weeks. For others... you get the point.
No, it’s just ridiculous. A professional player knows at least doing a classic serve even at something like at 80 km/h. I think she just want to be special, be noticed.
Lol sabalenka has been around since 2018 and her problem has always been her serve. She ended 2023 with 300 double faults and just barely got her serve together this year after 6 years on tour 😅
This made me feel really sad, poor girl. She was really having a bad time and suffering a lot, while playing a sport that supposedly she should enjoy to play.
I bet there are only a handful of tennis pros who really deeply enjoy the game. Tennis is an agonizing mental game. There is no relief at this level -- you must play every single point to win. Contrast this with baseball, where a player hits once and then his 8 teammates get a turn. In tennis, you are mentally present from the first point to the last.
She is a fantastic player, n2 in the world but the double fault follow her in every match, in AO she gift 1 set every match 'couse her serve, and she have a great first of serve, I hope he recovery
one of the most respectful celebrations ive ever seen its was obvious Sabalenka was in distress she was crying so bad it held up the serve! she didnt scream and yell CMONNNNNNN no overcheering every single point nice to see
I'm no pro but I can totally understand this, some days your serve feels off, it pisses me off when I can slam down serves in practice but the moment I play a match my serve disappears, then I have to struggle against much weaker players.
Ohhh , poor Aryna ! I felt really bad seeing this! She is not one of my favourite players , I think that’s because she’s grunting too much ! But it’s sad to see someone struggling like that ! I’m glad she found her balance and now she’s on the right path !
Exactly the same thing happened a few years ago to Nikolay Davydenko and he was warned by the umpire for tanking. This clip gives strong evidence that the warning was wrong. Davydenko's serving was not as bad as Sabalenka's here.
I suspect she had been missing her serve a lot leading up to what we saw in this clip. As such, she had resorted to serving "like a 6 year old" in order to simply get her serve in. Towards the end of the match it seems she was able to change her mindset and lose the tension that had her serving so badly. She began to serve better from that point.
What's even weirder is the detached, uninvolved nature of her coach. Dude didn't even look at her when she was standing right next to him having a melt down. Maybe she needs a new team, cause this guy seems like a real ass.
У Арины очень большие перепады настроения, вполне вероятно, что вмешательство тренера могло некорректно повлиять на спортсменку, не раз видел как Арина посылала тренера куда подальше
What is he supposed to do? He can't interact with her due to rules. What you want him to do or what kind of way should he be looking at her that will satisfy you? She is crying and he can't do anything about it. Clearly you are just reading too much into it and judging someone badly based on nothing. You don't know their relationship to say something like that.
@mike trenton she plays tennis because wants to..she isn't obligated to be anyone's role model and neither are you to watch her play....stop with this bullshit and don't be such a hypocritical sanctimonious clown.
@@soundwave498 He cannot coach her, but he can interact with her. It's perfectly within the rules for him to have given her some words of encouragement at that moment.
@mike trenton So somebody is only worthy of empathy if they are physically injured?... How ridiculous and if her opponent did feel empathy towards her, so what? It wouldn't be a sign of weakness, it would be an entirely normal and reasonable reaction to have towards what was going on at the other end of the court. As for "give up," who gave up? She fought on and got her serve back together. She even managed to serve a couple of aces late in the match. She didn't get the win, but I didn't see anyone give up. Finally, it is OK for people to feel emotions. It is OK for someone to cry. I suspect the tears were simply a whole lot of frustration boiling over. That's OK, she pulled herself together and persevered. She didn't get the result she wanted, but she did her best in that moment. Personally, I think that makes her a very good role model.
She didn't say she was injured when asked about her serving issues. Sabalenka said technical. I thought I would see more horrible comments about this performance...a little shocked.
It's basically a tennis disorder. Some people just completely lose their serve at random points. Zverev had it, Guillermo Coria had it. There are probably more players that I haven't named.
That speech by the referee is totally inappropriate... She should have been there to make the game more fluid, not to annoy the players... Why she didn't let Sabalenka play in peace? Has she ever played a game of tennis and had a hard time in it? I highly doubt...
@@libbythelobster Why would the #1 seed pull a Tomic stunt. He does this when he’s outclassed by an opponent and just wants a payday. She didn’t appear hurt either, just her serve mechanics fell apart.
The ref needed confirmation that she wasn't doing it on purpose or because of an injury. She seemed to regret that later, she's also a human after all. A bad day at work for both
*I back from the future to say she’s is on US Open Finals against an amazing turning back 0-6 to Keys* . I didn’t watch these weak fundament of her in the pass.
@@LucaVitalicoach thanks Luca. I just saw your post to my reply over 11months ago. It was the Adelaide final. Aryna was totally broken mentally. Tonight we will party long into the night celebrating Aryna greatest comeback.
@@raventaylor1757 You are absolutely right to celebrate tonight because Aryna in 11 months, has made one of the most amazing mindset shifts in sports 👉❤️🧠
cant believe there arent more comments about the possibility of tanking. Only the russian person was the one that mentioned it. I had to translate the comment
off the top of my head, i can remember other players like eugenie bouchard and anna kournikova have gone through something like this too when the spotlight and the pressure began to be too cumbersome for them.
I mean she is obviously injured right? I am surprised that the comments say it’s her “mental” struggle??? That can’t be possible right? I’ve had an injury on the lattissimus muscle, which caused me to not be able to serve, but everything else was fine. So obviously, in points I had to serve very lightly or do the underarm serve because the pain is not endurable.
She's very emotional and too intensed player. Very prone for a meltdown. She needs to calm down and be grounded a little bit. Control your emotions, don't let the emotions controls you.
I had two matches when i doubled a lot of time and it was so much frustrating and my mental was so low and it was like i was throwing. I Fully understand her. This is really unconfortable situation to be in
@@Pdjohnners Nothing to be happy about. sablenka has 10 wta titles including premier m, premier, international and 2 grand slams in doubles. Does petrson even have one
So sad to see Sabalenko suffers. Should be horrible pressure on professional especially from top rank - they can’t manage it sometimes. Many of them do hate tennis (no one would say it loud except Bublik)
Wow such a tough life being paid to play a game at the highest level knowing you will get sponsors, guest appearances, coaching even if you end up being mediocre....
Как это объяснит? Она же ведет по счету… для чего и зачем это?? Ставки не было типо?? Как будто здесь ставка стоит и ее заставили проиграть матч 100%, прям 100% только такое может быть как иначе же??
What's wrong? I think emotional, I see the eyes and body language from Sabalenko...the body is not good, metal problems ...many frustrations and you can not play tennis with this, tennis is very emotional
why not try the service because at one point she looks like she's surrendered Alexander Zverev does a lot for boys too, but he continues to fight if he had calmed down I think he could have earned even a slightly disastrous job
This is clearly a case of the yips. The only thing you can do in this situation is do exactly what she did and smash every serve as hard as you can and hope your confidence comes back. I get the sense that there are a lot of misogynists in the comments section, but not many tennis players. Many of us know what it's like to be smashing short balls straight into the net, shanking backhands into the back wall, and double faulting away service games against inferior players. It feels like shit and you can't understand why it's happening over and over and over. Imagine doing it as a pro.
this is true. as someone who plays tennis a lot, its really annoying when you just cannot make shots against players who are worse than you. Its really demoralizing and to be honest in this situation would do the same thing as sabalenka with her serve.
This is a great comment! I totally get it and for those who have felt the tension we get it. Just feel so bad to see because it truly feels like the worst feeling possible. Brad Gilbert mentioned Mecir got yips bad in Davis Cup, Zverev will get them, it’s definitely something that can strike anyone. Golf, pitchers, free throw shooting..you name it if it’s a pressure situation where you got time to think there’s an opportunity. I wonder if the key is to get into such a rhythm where you don’t think.
