The Racquet Podcast:<br/>Aryna Sabalenka

4:45 AM EDT on March 30, 2020

[vc_empty_space height="15px"]Put on your helmets—the Belarusian dynamo joins Rennae to talk tattoos, what she's learned from her biggest losses, and no, she doesn't think she hits that hard.

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