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Aryna Sabalenka’s Face Off with Qinwen Zheng Takes a Social Media Twist Ahead of the Australian Open Women’s Singles Final

Published 01/26/2024, 9:54 PM EST

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Tennis star Aryna Sabalenka revealed a surprising joy after returning to a Chinese social media platform. Sabalenka defeated America’s Coco Gauff to arrive at the Australian Open‘s finals. In the finals, she will face off against China’s Qinwen Zheng. Now right before the finals, Sabalenka cheered up her fans in China by returning to the country’s famous microblogging platform.

Sabalenka snatched her revenge by defeating Coco Gauff. It was for her defeat at the 2023 US Open championship. On the other hand, Qinwen took over Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska to appear against Sabalenka in the finals. Now this Belarusian tennis player is all set to take over China, not just with her tennis skills but with her socialization skills as well.

Aryna Sabalenka returned to Weibo right before her match against Qinwen

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Recently one of her fans took their official X (formerly Twitter) to share that the Belarusian tennis star is back in Weiboo after three long years. Sharing the news, the fan excitedly wrote- “Aryna back to Weibo after three years.” Along with the news, the fan shared Sabalenka’s message on the platform, which read- “Excited to be back on Weibo to share my tennis journey with my Chinese Fans! It’s going to be an exciting final tomorrow, especially against Qinwen Zheng, a tough competitor. I hope you tune in to Watch!”

Aryna Sabalenka’s message has taken the social media on storm. Especially, Sabalenka’s fans from China were delighted to see the Belarusian tennis star making so much effort to bring her fans from China to the match. At the same time, Saalenka’s message confirmed that this tennis star is excited to ace her tennis game against China’s Qinwen Zheng.

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In recent statistics shared by fans, Qinwen bagged the most number of successful aces, which was 44. It was more than double the number of Sabaleka’s aces in women’s singles, which is 20. Now that these two will face off against each other, fans are excited to see who gets to return home with the trophy.

Belarus’s Sabalenka surprised fans with her unique tricks to calm her mind before tense matches

Recently in a video surfaced on the social media platforms, fans spotted Sabalenka kicking off a bottle’s cap from her physiotherapist’s head. Sharing the clip on her official Instagram story, Aryna Sabalenka wrote- “Yes!! We are stupid.However, in that clip, her coworkers were surprised to see Sabalenka’s great fitness. It also amazed her fans thinking that Sabalenka indulges in such fun activities to calm her nerves before tense matches.

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Sabalenka’s return to Weibo has pleased her Chinese fans. They are intrigued to know that this Belarusian tennis star wishes to gain support from China as well. For that, joining the country’s social media site once again is a great move. What do you think about Sabalenka’s return to Weibo?

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