“Listen, could go either way,” she mused. “If there wouldn’t be food, I would go for her probably, you know. So, it’s kinda like good and bad option for her.
“But I’ll do my best to do everything so we are not hungry and we’re safe,” she said, bringing it home with a laugh.
Sabalenka has certainly embraced the role of the hunter in Tennis Paradise, reaching the last eight without dropping a set, losing just six games in her last two wins over Kartal and Lucia Bronzetti.
She and Swiatek are still projected to face off in the final—provided, of course, neither nor both find themselves on a deserted island before Championship Sunday.