‘He Knows What I Like’- Birthday Girl Aryna Sabalenka Thanks Team-Mate for Special Gifts That’s As Wacky as Her Persona

Reigning Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka‘s birthday celebrations are not over yet. Two days after that significant date, Sabalenka still shows gleeful cheer with her latest birthday gifts. This Belarusian tennis player, who had quite a great start to the season following her Australian Open victory, faced emotional turbulence that impacted her tour performances at Miami and then Madrid. Despite losing her game, Sabalenka showed a strong-willed mentality. Now a special member of her team celebrates that indomitable spirit with some amazing birthday gifts for the tennis player.

Sabalenka recently shared the gifts she received from her fitness coach on her official Instagram story. In this story, Sabalenka’s fans spotted that Jason Stacy, her fitness coach has gifted her a tiger-printed white t-shirt and an iPhone cover with Albanese’s twelve sour flavored gummy bears’ packet with a Lifesavers Mints packet. Sharing her gifts, delighted Sabalenka captioned it- “@jasonstacy.coach He knows what I like”  This Belarusian WTA star also added a thumbs up, laughing emoticon, and a heart emoji to showcase her feelings about the gifts.

Now Aryna Sabalenka’s fans know well that her partnership with her fitness coach Jason Stacy has worked out well. In fact, this Belarusian WTA star cracked her Australian Open 2024 victory code by attending Jason Stacy’s place before every match in Melbourne. Revealing about this interesting habit, this reigning Australian Open champion said- “We just started this. I did it before the first match, and after I won, I told Jason, ‘Well, I guess it’s a routine right now.’ He’s not happy with that but he understands everything.” 

Not only Sabalenka did show her extreme faith in Stacy’s guidance, but the fitness coach also came forward to give his 100% for this WTA star. Stacy revealed how he tried to keep things under control for Sabalenka during the Break Point’s second season. This famous fitness coach revealed during The Curse episode’s premiere- “At a Slam, there’s a lot of background noise, you have to find a way to turn the volume down a little bit…She’s an emotional person, [and] my job is to manage it.”

Aryna Sabalenka’s relationship with her fitness coach Jason Stacy reveals the contribution of team members to help a tennis player reach all of her dreams. As much as Sabalenka perfectly presented the skills she learned, her fitness coach Jason Stacy also worked hard to improve this Belarusian WTA star’s serving technique.

Fitness coach Jason Stacy reveals how Aryna Sabalenka worked on her serve and “hit it face-on”

Sabalenka’s fitness coach Jason Stacy took a dig at Sabalenka’s mentality when she won her debut Grand Slam trophy at the Australian Open Tour last year. Stacy commented- “There is a lot of seeds we have been planting for several years now, that have been slowly growing over time. The experience last year — of facing a lot of humility and fear, and instead of avoiding it or trying to go around it, she went right through it, hit it face-on, I think going through that process has helped her kind of realize, ‘Oh, the best way, really, actually, is what everyone always says: to face your fear and go through it.”

Jason Stacy also expressed how Sabalenka overcame her initial fear with the serving technique and worked hard to improve it. He further said- “I think it’s given her this more internal belief that, ‘OK, even if this particular game or this moment in a match is tough, it’s like, OK, just keep going and it will all come back together.’”