FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Australian Open - Women's Doubles Final - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, February 19, 2021 Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka in action during her final doubles match with Belgium's Elise Mertens against Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova REUTERS/Kelly Defina
(Reuters) - Aryna Sabalenka's mind was full of doubts before playing Serena Williams for the first time at the Australian Open but the feisty Belarussian has vowed to be mentally much stronger going into her next contest against the 23-times Grand Slam winner.
The strongly built Sabalenka finished 2020 with trophies at Ostrava and Linz and arrived in Melbourne for the year's first Grand Slam after picking up her third straight title at a WTA 500 event in Abu Dhabi.
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