"I feel like I'm much more settled, calm, more in control. Whenever I feel like going crazy on my team, I just pet Ash and I feel better."
"Super attached to their owners, super chill, super cute, super cuddly. She chose a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel because her mother had one and she loved that dog, noting that spaniels make good family dogs."
"Sabalenka said she wanted her dog's name to be related somehow to New York and the U.S. Open. Apple doesn't sound right, so she went with Ash as a nod to American tennis great and civil rights activist Arthur Ashe, after whom the main U.S. Open stadium court is named."
World number-one tennis player Aryna Sabalenka has introduced her new Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy, Ash, as a source of mental health support. She brought the dog to a post-match interview following her round-of-16 victory over Naomi Osaka at the BNP Paribas Open. Sabalenka, known for past on-court emotional outbursts, reports feeling more settled and calm since getting the puppy. She fulfills a deal made with her coach Anton Dubrov to get a dog if she won the U.S. Open. The puppy's name references Arthur Ashe, the legendary tennis player and civil rights activist after whom the main U.S. Open stadium court is named.
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