Sabalenka reacts angrily to questions about her party life at the US Open press conference

The repeated question about her alleged party life has angered tennis world number one Aryna Sabalenka and prompted journalists to criticize her. "You're like a joke. Parties, fun, why do you even say something like that? Why do you even think about it?" complained the 28-year-old after her third-round entry at the US Open.

A reporter mentioned in the press conference that there had been a lot of parties and fun in the week before the Grand Slam tournament in New York. Before he could finish his question to Sabalenka, she interrupted him. "What kind of question is that? Just because I posted some branded activities, you think I'm partying and not training," said the defending champion, who previously beat Polina Yatsenko of Russia 6-1, 6-1.

Without a title for half a year

After a short dialogue in which the journalist emphasized that he did not want to accuse Sabalenka of partying too much, she concluded with the sentence: “Think before you say anything.” After her first round match, she had already reacted curtly to this topic and asked: “Why do you think that I wasn’t focused on tennis in the week before the tournament?”