Maryna Zanevska (WTA 82) is ready to experience her first year among the top of the WTA Tour after making her debut in the World Top 100 on November 1st. The 28-year-old Belgian of Ukrainian origin will fly to Australia on Monday where she will appear directly, for the first time in her career, in the final draw of the Australian Open, which begins on January 17.
“I am very motivated!“, she confided to Belga.”The preparation went very well. I am delighted to be able to compete in the big tournaments and to measure myself against the best players in the world. It will allow me to gain experience and become stronger. A lot of the players are better than me, but I still think I had some good shots. The difference is to manage to produce these blows in the moments of great tension of a match, at 4-4 in the third set for example, when it is necessary to save a break point. And that’s where I progressed.“
Still 250th on the world shelves at the start of this year, Maryna Zanevska will play as her first tournament the WTA 250 in Melbourne on January 3, where she should be able to enter directly into the final draw as there are two events on the schedule. She will then fine-tune the final settings at the WTA 250 in Adelaide, where she will have to go through qualifying.
“I have worked a lot on the mind and on the solidity in my strikes, in order to have the clearest possible mind when I go on the court“, she continued.”I serve well and there is no longer a shot I hesitate about. Not thinking about the consequences of this or that strike is very important. My goal has always been to try and get a little better every day. And that must remain my leitmotif. My other goals, I keep them between my coach and me. I don’t want to talk about numbers, ranking. I still have a lot of things to improve, because I’m always learning to fail …“
