But, the world No. 1 left Andreeva with a parting shot, joking that she might not be so happy when they face the next time.
“I’ll meet you next time on court, and probably, next time, it’s not going to be your way,” Sabalenka said, laughing.
Later, Sabalenka reflected seriously on what she said in her speech, saying that she had “the wrong people” in her corner when she was 17.
“Finally when I was able to get rid of those people and, how to say, I surrounded myself with the right people, you kind of like you have more confidence and everything is more calm and the atmosphere in the team is very healthy,” she said.
“I don’t have any regrets, because it’s my experience,” she added. “Because of that experience, I’m much more mature right now and I know things, but of course I wish I would be a little bit smarter in that age or I would listen to my family a little bit more.”
