Aryna Sabalenka overtakes Iga Swiatek’s spot at the top of the WTA rankings. This is the moment the Belarusian learned about the news.
The 25-year-old Belarusian star checked her phone upon waking up on Monday morning and immediately found out the exciting news.
"I was in my room and I woke up and opened my phone and I was a little shocked how many messages I've gotten," Sabalenka admitted exclusively to NBC Local Sports on Tuesday.on Sunday night. The Pole had spent 75 consecutive weeks in the No. 1 spot.Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters. "All day [Monday] I kept telling myself 'don't think about that, don't think about that, you have a match today, you have things to do this week. You'll think about this next week and just focus on the use of one right now,'" Sabalenka said.
When the new ranking list adjusts on Monday, September 11, following the U.S. Open, Sabalenka will be the 29th woman to capture the women's No.1 ranking and just the eighth player to have earned both the singles and doubles top spots during their career. "Reaching the WTA World No.1 singles ranking is something I have dreamed of ever since I was a little girl when I started playing tennis,""2023 has been such an incredible year for me and my team and this is the perfect reward for all our hard work. It’s an unbelievable feeling to join the amazing list of other WTA players to achieve this and it’s a huge honor to be able to call myself the No.1 singles player in the world.
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