Aryna Sabalenka showed her maturity when she called out a child for swearing at her after her first-round win at Wimbledon. Sabalenka secured back-to-back US Open titles on Saturday, defeating Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 7-6 to claim her fourth major tournament victory and her second on American soil.

She’s known for her ease in interacting with various crowds at tournaments, especially with the younger generation who see her as a role model. So, when a child stunned her by swearing at Wimbledon, the Belarusian tennis star made sure to hold them accountable while also keeping it a “fun” interaction. Later speaking to the media, Sabalenka, 27, explained: “Yeah, he was talking Brazilian-Portuguese, a little cursing stuff. It was because of the video of me cursing in the practice went viral in Brazil. I replied, ‘You shouldn’t be saying that.’ Yeah, it was a fun moment.”

Sabalenka had gone viral on social media in the build up to Wimbledon after swearing during a practice session; something that she has been in trouble with before. The tennis ace has apologised live on television plenty of times before for using forbidden language during interviews, but it is rarely out of frustration and more out of relief after a hard-fought win.

The US Open winner was definitely full of relief after the final major tournament of the season, where she finally got her reward after making it to three out of four Grand Slam finals in 2025. The 27-year-old was beaten in the Australian Open by Madison Keys to relinquish her title at the beginning of the season, losing 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 to the American as she claimed her first Grand Slam victory.

Sabalenka then made it to the final of the French Open not long after, but tasted defeat once again after Coco Gauff claimed her second Grand Slam title at Roland-Garros. The American won 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 on the hard clay courts as Sabalenka walked away from another major tournament without the prize in her grasp.

Anisimova defeated Sabalenka in the semi-finals of Wimbledon, winning 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to stun the world No. 1 and make it to her first ever Grand Slam final. It seems that the 27-year-old remembered her frustrating end to the tournament and her previous losses in 2025 as she went into the US Open with a point to prove.

She breezed through the early rounds before defeating Marketa Vondrousova and Jessica Pegula to make the final. Anisimova beat her Wimbledon final enemy, Iga Swiatek, and Naomi Osaka to make it to the final – but the result was a similar fate for the American in the end.

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Following her eventual triumph in a major tournament final, Sabalenka shared her excitement as she became the first woman to successfully defend her US Open title since Serena Williams in 2014. Speaking to the media afterwards, the joyous star said: “I want to thank everyone who came here, who flew in to be there in my box. I’m going to reach a lot more finals and I don’t care where you are in the world I want you in my box.”