“I’m 27 years old this year, I’m getting closer to my retirement… I don’t want to have my first kid at 35, I want to have a kid then come back,” Aryna Sabalenka said at the start of the 2025 season. The Belarusian then crushed another season, maintaining her No. 1 ranking. And now, off the court, she’s cooking up another plan.

“At 18, I thought by 25 I’d win everything I wanted,” she shared on Alexander Sokolovsky’s podcast. Sabalenka opened up about the life she once imagined .

“At 25, I’d have a baby, come back, and keep winning. 25 came, I won some stuff, then I thought maybe 27 or 28? Now I’m 27 and I’m like, well… a bit later year, we’ll move it. I realized I want to get the most out of my career, see how far I can go. So it’s a rough plan with a possible move.”

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