Aryna Sabalenka, playful dig at Jannik Sinner

Aryna Sabalenka, playful dig at Jannik Sinner

Aryna Sabalenka after qualifying for the Australian Open final spoke about the other world tennis number one, Jannik Sinner, jokingly commenting on his "secret" "Jannik says his secret è sleeping 10 hours a night? I thought his secret was carrots…", he said amid laughter from the audience.

"All kidding aside, if I slept 10 hours I think I wouldn’t be able to wake up. 10 hours is too much for me", continued the Belarusian tennis player in front of the Melbourne audience.

"My secret è a protein shake and sleep 7 to 9 hours, and have fun the day after the matches by putting tennis aside, certainly a little practice, to"… maybe go shopping".

L'Azzurro will take the court on Friday against Ben Shelton to clinch a pass to the Australian Open final, while Sabalenka will try to clinch her third consecutive title in the Australian Slam on Sunday against Madison Keys.