Aryna Sabalenka hailed Belinda Bencic’s Abu Dhabi triumph as “Impressive” and added that it serves as an inspiration to imagine that she and others may do one thing comparable as mothers someday.
This previous weekend, the Swiss tennis star – who gave delivery in April and returned in late 2024 after being sidelined for 15 months – gained her first WTA title as a mom after beating Ashlyn Krueger 4-6 6-1 6-1 within the last of the WTA 500 match in Abu Dhabi.
Simply earlier than this yr’s Australian Open, Sabalenka shot a video for the Australian Open.
Within the video, the Belarusian – who turns 27 in Might – stated she was getting “old” and “closer to retirement.”
Additionally, she famous that “I do not want to have my first kid at 35.”
Sabalenka on Bencic’s first win as a mom
“That’s impressive, honestly. She just came back, I think Australian Open she had a great run, and now she’s holding the trophy,” the world No. 1 stated of the Swiss’ Abu Dhabi victory.
“It’s amazing, I’m super happy for her, she definitely deserved that.
“As she stated, she labored actually onerous for that, and it is good to see. It offers us hope that in all probability, every time we’re all going to go for infants, we’ve got an opportunity to come back again if we need to.”
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Meanwhile, no one was happier for Bencic than herself.
After clinching the Abu Dhabi main glory and her overall ninth WTA title, the 27-year-old admitted that it was something she badly wanted to do for her daughter.
“To my husband and my daughter Bella, I love you so much,” she stated.
“It was a giant dream for me to come back again and play in entrance of her and to win the match.”
In the meantime, Bencic is already again to No. 65 on this planet regardless of being ranked outdoors the top-1000 when she returned to tennis.
