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Aryna Sabalenka
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A montage of Sabalenka’s return winners highlights the value of taking the ball early when a point is on the line.

Sabalenka’s crouched stance, racquet held forward, leaves her prepared to move either way.

A baseline exchange between Sabalenka and an opponent in green leads into a close view of the Belarusian raising a fist with her racket in hand.

Aryna Sabalenka’s practice-court movement is all about resetting: staying balanced, racket ready, and prepared to shift laterally.

Before the toss, Sabalenka takes a moment to settle her feet and coordinate ball and racket.

Between points, Sabalenka walks on as her racket drops to the court and bounces beside her.

A wide stance at the baseline keeps Sabalenka prepared to cover either side as play develops.

Sabalenka’s clip moves from a quiet between-points moment into live rally play and ends with the sort of embrace that only comes after the job is done.

Aryna Sabalenka’s brief fist pump after the rally is the point: a compact, controlled release after a hard exchange.

Aryna Sabalenka’s clipped, tired pause between points tells the story: this is a match being worked for, not cruised through.

Sabalenka’s shadow swing is only half the story: the sharper detail is how quickly she gets back to ready position.

Aryna Sabalenka is caught in the simplest part of tennis and the hardest to fake: the serve toss, the reach and the reset.

Aryna Sabalenka's latest hard-court outing comes against a backdrop of a shock Cincinnati Open exit, with Sky Sports reporting that the top seed was beaten in the last 16 as Coco Gauff moved on to the quarter-finals.

Aryna Sabalenka's latest North American hard-court campaign took an unexpected turn as Sky Sports reported a shock Canadian Open loss, despite her earlier progress in Toronto.

Aryna Sabalenka has been in the tennis conversation for more than one reason this summer, with reporting linking her to a mixed-doubles partnership at the US Open and another result in Toronto. The strongest angle is the growing interest around how the world's top players are shaping the revamped mixed-doubles picture.

Aryna Sabalenka's latest win in Toronto kept her on course at the WTA National Bank Open, with the top-ranked player moving into the fourth round after beating Zhang Shuai. The result underlines her current form in a tournament where she remains one of the headline names.