{"id":83443,"date":"2025-05-08T02:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T02:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/83443\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T02:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T02:28:10","slug":"pete-sampras-former-coach-says-what-he-finds-amazing-about-aryna-sabalenka-after-noticing-big-change-in-her-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/83443\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Sampras’ former coach says what he finds ‘amazing’ about Aryna Sabalenka after noticing big change in her game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Aryna Sabalenka has won more titles than any other player on the WTA Tour in 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Belarusian star recently added another title to her resume in Madrid, when Sabalenka beat Coco Gauff<\/a>, 6-3, 7-6, to clinch the title.<\/p>\n

Now a three-time WTA Tour<\/a> champion in 2025 following her victories in Brisbane and Miami, Sabalenka sits alone atop the world of women\u2019s tennis.<\/p>\n

Sabalenka is ranked number one in the world by over 4,000 points, as she continues to extend her gap to world number two Iga Swiatek<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Robert Prange\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old will look to pick up her fourth title of the season at the Italian Open<\/a>, where she finished as runner-up to Swiatek last time around.<\/p>\n

Ahead of her opening match in Rome, one top ATP<\/a> coach has shared his thoughts on Sabalenka and explains what she does that he finds \u2018amazing\u2019.<\/p>\n

Paul Annacone says Aryna Sabalenka is an \u2018amazing competitor\u2019 and highlights her serving improvements<\/p>\n

Appearing as a guest on the Inside-In Tennis Podcast, Paul Annacone<\/a> gave his verdict on the world number one.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is an amazing competitor. We see that she wears her heart on her sleeve,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see the emotional volatility that she does possess, and when she uses that in an optimal way, and uses it as passion, she is amazing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen she gets really hard on herself and gets negative, it can be more of a challenge for her. But she has been amazingly dominant.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe conditions in Madrid, I think, were great for her, because it\u2019s altitude and it\u2019s fast. Sure, it\u2019s clay, but it plays fast. She has done a great job in managing those moments, and she really is the one to beat.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Ion Alcoba Beitia\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Annacone went on to highlight the area of Sabalenka\u2019s<\/a> game that has improved significantly recently.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to watch her now in the big moments because she totally trusts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA few years ago, we were watching someone who really had a hard time hitting serves close to the box. That has gone now.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery once in a while, she will get a spell where she has a couple of double faults, but it does not faze her anymore.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Matthew Stockman\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has had an amazing, amazing growth, and I think it\u2019s going to be really difficult to knock her off that pedestal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sabalenka averaged just 3.3 double faults per match at the 2025 Madrid Open<\/a>, as she won her ninth WTA 1000 title.<\/p>\n

Aryna Sabalenka has been the best tennis player in the world in 2025<\/p>\n

Sabalenka\u2019s dominance in the women\u2019s game has been well documented, but what perhaps hasn\u2019t been noted is that she\u2019s outperformed her male counterparts as well.<\/p>\n

Across the ATP and WTA Tours, no player has accumulated more points or won more titles in 2025 than the Belarusian.<\/p>\n\nRank<\/strong><\/td>\nName<\/strong><\/td>\nATP\/WTA<\/strong><\/td>\n2025 Points<\/strong><\/td>\n2025 titles<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n1<\/td>\nAryna Sabalenka<\/td>\nWTA<\/td>\n4,915<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2<\/td>\nMadison Keys<\/td>\nWTA<\/td>\n3,294<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n3<\/td>\nMirra Andreeva<\/td>\nWTA<\/td>\n2,850<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n4<\/td>\nIga Swiatek<\/td>\nWTA<\/td>\n2,823<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n5<\/td>\nCarlos Alcaraz<\/td>\nATP<\/td>\n2,750<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n6<\/td>\nJessica Pegula<\/td>\nWTA<\/td>\n2,493<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n7<\/td>\nJack Draper<\/td>\nATP<\/td>\n2,300<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n8<\/td>\nAlexander Zverev<\/td>\nATP<\/td>\n2,285<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n9<\/td>\nJannik Sinner<\/td>\nATP<\/td>\n2,010<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n10<\/td>\nCoco Gauff<\/td>\nWTA<\/td>\n1,958<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

ATP Tour and WTA Tour players with the most points in 2025<\/p>\n

Australian Open champion Madison Keys<\/a> is her closest challenger, but still trails Sabalenka by over 1,500 points.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

On the men\u2019s side, no player has picked up more points than Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>, who shot to the top of the ATP leader board thanks to his win in Monte-Carlo and run to the Barcelona Open final.<\/p>\n

It is perhaps unfair to gloss over the player who has scored the ninth most points this year, however.<\/p>\n

Jannik Sinner<\/a> has a perfect record of 7-7 (100%) in 2025, having won the only tournament he participated in at the Australian Open.<\/p>\n

Many fans would likely argue that if Sinner hadn\u2019t received a three-month suspension from tennis, he would be right on pace with Sabalenka at the top of the standings.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Kelly Defina\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Sinner will return to tennis this week<\/a> at the Italian Open, an event where all ten players listed are scheduled to participate.<\/p>\n

The second round of the Italian Open, where seeded players make their tournament debut, will begin on Thursday, May 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aryna Sabalenka has won more titles than any other player on the WTA Tour in 2025. The Belarusian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[35772,40259,9082,79,1068,16,15,5069],"class_list":{"0":"post-83443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-aryna-sabalenka","9":"tag-paul-annacone","10":"tag-pete-sampras","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-wta"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114469857258596455","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}