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              Serena Williams with inset of Aryna Sabalenka                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/serena-williams\">Serena Williams<\/a> admits she is a big fan of Aryna Sabalenka as she \u2018sees a lot of herself\u2019 in the reigning world No 1, particularly when it comes to expressing her anger on court.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it is celebrating a point with a massive roar or screaming in anger when things don\u2019t go her way, four-time Grand Slam winner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/aryna-sabalenka\">Sabalenka<\/a> is not afraid of showing her emotions on court.<\/p>\n<p>Tennis great Williams \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/serena-williams-comeback-usopen-next-tournament\">who recently made her return<\/a> to competitive tennis following nearly four years away \u2013 was similar when she was at the peak of her powers although according to the American, she was a bit more reserved as \u201cshe wasn\u2019t allowed to show her anger\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>During her recent appearance at the Fanatics Fest in Manhattan, the 23-time Grand Slam winner revealed: \u201cSabalenka is No 1 and she\u2019s such a spitfire and she really gives her all when she\u2019s out there. I see myself in that and so I love that, I love that about her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd when she loses, she\u2019s mad and I wasn\u2019t allowed to express myself my anger [when I was playing], but I love how she is allowed to show her anger. I love it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/aryna-sabalenka-copying-novak-djokovic-tactical-change\">Aryna Sabalenka admits to copying Novak Djokovic after making major tactical change<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\/serena-williams-canadian-open-update-singles-doubles-both\">Serena Williams Canadian Open update: Singles, doubles or both?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Williams joined actor Kevin Hart for a Cold Bath in Cold as Balls Live and was asked if the competitive nature of tennis affected her relationship with sister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/venus-williams\">Venus Williams<\/a> when they battling it out for big titles.<\/p>\n<p>The pair dominated women\u2019s tennis from 1998 and 2020 and faced each other 31 times during that period with Serena winning the head-to-head rivalry 19\u201312.<\/p>\n<p>One of those matches was in a Wimbledon final and the younger Williams sister was \u201cmad\u201d at her older sibling, but Venus didn\u2019t notice anything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember one time I lost in the Wimbledon final to her and I was so mad. I just couldn\u2019t even look at her. I couldn\u2019t speak,\u201d Serena said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was so funny. And then we have to play a doubles final after and I was so mad. I wasn\u2019t speaking on the floor. She\u2019s so not connected, she didn\u2019t even know. I found out years later she didn\u2019t even know I was mad at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like \u2018Oh, I really I wasn\u2019t even talking to you\u201d. And then we weren\u2019t we weren\u2019t winning in the doubles or we needed to communicate and I finally started talking and I got excited. I was like okay I need a championship too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was funny but she\u2019s always such a great sport, she\u2019s such a great champion and she really taught me how to be a better champion and how to just always show up every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serena Williams reveals what she \u2018loves\u2019 about Aryna Sabalenka Shahida Jacobs 24 Jul 2026 12:30 PM Serena Williams with inset of Aryna Sabalenka Serena Williams admits she is a big fan of Aryna Sabalenka as she \u2018sees a lot of herself\u2019 in the reigning world No 1, particularly when it comes to expressing her anger [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2059653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2059653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2059653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2059653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2059653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}