Pakistan, Aug. 4 -- World number one Aryna Sabalenka said on Sunday she was feeling hopeful going into the lead-up to the U.S. Open after a string of disappointing Grand Slam results earlier this year.

The 28-year-old Belarusian failed to reach the quarter-finals at Wimbledon last month and was defeated in the quarters at the French Open in June. In January, she lost in the final at the Australian Open. "I have huge hopes," Sabalenka told reporters in Toronto of returning to the hard court for the Canadian Open where she will play her opening match on Tuesday. "I wouldn't say that clay and grass was that bad. I was trying a couple things, things didn't go the way I expected. "And now we're kind of back to the basics, and I really hope it...