New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka's line about emptying out emotion is not a motivational poster. It is a working method. In a May 2026 Vogue interview, she said she used to punish herself for getting angry on court. Now she treats the outburst as a reset: let it out, empty the tank, start the next point as if the last one never happened.

The quote matters now because Sabalenka is back in New York chasing a third straight US Open, after a season that already included a painful French Open collapse and the familiar debate over her on-court fire. According to the star player, "Sometimes you just need to let it go, to empty it so you're ready to start over and play the match. Yeah, sometimes it looks ugly and terrible, but I...