aryna sabalenka last year and is the olympic singles gold medallist, but lost to german veteran laura siegemund singles draw to lose so far at melbourne. i have a lot of chance to break her in the first set, but in that moment may be my concentration is not there. i was making easy mistakes in that moment plus a bit tricky for me in the first set, a tricky way to lose, because i didn't feel my performance was good enough but at the same time i felt that she was playing very good today. i wanted to come out courageous, i wanted to come out courageous, i wanted _ wanted to come out courageous, i wanted to show the variety of my game, _ i wanted to show the variety of my game, be very aggressive and that is_ my game, be very aggressive and that is what i did and i am particularly happy about howl maintain _ particularly happy about howl maintain that throughout the match — defending champion aryna sabalenka dropped her serve three times and faced 11 break points before overcoming spain'sjessica bouzas maneiro 6—3, 7—5, rattling off the last five games in a row.