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class=\"mr-2 hidden h-6 w-6 appearance-none border-none !text-share-icon outline-none hover:!text-share-icon-active sm:hidden\" data-title=\"Miami Open: Aryna Sabalenka reveals \u2018brave\u2019 change powering her Sunshine Double mission\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/button>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"-mx-3 sm:-mx-5 border-b border-page\"><\/div>\n<section>\n<div class=\"-mx-3 sm:-mx-5\">\n<figure class=\"aspect-h-9 aspect-w-16 relative\">\n                                        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1320\" height=\"742\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover object-center !my-0\" src=\"https:\/\/d2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Aryna-Sabalenka-racket-1320x742.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured: Aryna Sabalenka with her tennis racket.\">                <\/figure><figcaption class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Grand Slam champion Aryna Sabalenka.                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Aryna Sabalenka has revealed she made a \u201csmall adjustment\u201d to her tennis racket ahead of her Indian Wells triumph and current Miami Open campaign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/aryna-sabalenka-elena-rybakina-prize-money-ranking-points-indian-wells-open\">World No 1 Sabalenka saw off world No 2 and current leading rival Elena Rybakina to lift the title in Indian Wells earlier this month<\/a>, saving a championship point and earning revenge for her Australian Open final loss to the Kazakh.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/what-is-the-sunshine-double-can-jannik-sinner-aryna-sabalenka-achieve-it\">The four-time Grand Slam singles champion is now looking to complete the Sunshine Double at the Miami Open<\/a>, where she is also the defending champion, and has yet to drop a set during her campaign in Florida.<\/p>\n<h2>Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/mirra-andreeva-accused-making-mistakes-on-purpose-former-world-no-1\">Miami Open: Mirra Andreeva accused of \u2018making mistakes on purpose\u2019 by former world No 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/miami-open-sebastian-korda-john-mcenroe-key-advice-carlos-alcaraz-upset\">Miami Open: Sebastian Korda reveals \u2018key\u2019 advice John McEnroe gave him before Carlos Alcaraz upset<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/aryna-sabalenka\">Sabalenka<\/a> produced arguably her best tennis of the tournament to defeat Zheng Qinwen 6-3, 6-4 in fourth-round action on Monday, and will now face Hailey Baptiste in the quarter-final on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old has played with the Wilson Blade 98 frame for multiple years, though she has notably been using a blacked-out version of the frame during her Indian Wells and Miami campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <em>Tennis Channel<\/em> following her victory over Qinwen on Monday, the world No 1 revealed she had made a \u201cbrave\u201d change ahead of the Sunshine swing in the US.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe I did a small adjustment on my racket,\u201d said Sabalenka.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like there is always going to be the moment where you feel like you can improve in these little, but not little, things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was brave enough before Indian Wells to do [a] small adjustment on my racket, and I\u2019m super happy that I did it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sabalenka\u2019s campaign in Indian Wells was her first tournament <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/aryna-sabalenka-reveals-one-regret-australian-open-final-loss-elena-rybakina\">since her defeat to Rybakina in the Australian Open final<\/a>, having chosen to skip WTA 1000 events in Doha and Dubai last month.<\/p>\n<p>The world No 1 has lost a string of big matches over the past 15 months, most notably losing to Rybakina in both the WTA Finals and Australian Open final, Coco Gauff in the 2025 French Open final, and Madison Keys in the 2025 Australian Open final.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on her decision to make changes to her racket, Sabalenka was hesitant to offer too much information publicly \u2014 but conceded that high-profile defeats had fuelled her desire for improvement.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cI\u2019m not going to open all of the cards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just felt like there\u2019s few things in my game where players were trying to\u2026 I don\u2019t know, beat me through few things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like there is couple things that I could do in the racket to feel more confident and feel more comfortable in those particular shots\u2026 So I adjusted the racket and it really helped a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? 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