On Eurosport, the seven-time Grand Slam winner reflected on particular time in life. The Belarusian is fighting for her son Leos custody and she is definitely not going through her best time in career, losing in early rounds.
Wilander said that tennis is not the priority now for the two-time Grand Slam champion, who lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round. You do feel for her but this is what the game of tennis teaches a little bit, said Wilander.
Tennis is basically a lesson in life, obviously losing a tennis match is not as big as important as some of the things she is going off the court but hopefully, tennis prepares you for situations in life that are problematic.
I am sure that with her playing tennis, she will go through. Wilander also commented on Novak Djokovics first-round win over Mitchell Krueger: Its always tricky when you play a qualifier who has won three matches going into the first round.
But Novak feels so comfortable on this surface, obviously, Rod Laver Arena is probably his favourite Arena over the world. The defence skills he has on that court and when he is confident, his forehand is what makes him do the biggest difference.
He has won 86% of Grand Slam singles matches played and if you think of these numbers its unbelievable. There is not a player that he does not like to play against. It doesnt matter if its a big server or a great baseliner.
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