Diede de Groot says she nonetheless has room for enchancment after successful her sixth Australian Open girls’s wheelchair singles title.
World primary de Groot defeated second-seeded Yui Kamiji of Japan in Saturday’s ultimate 7-5, 6-4.
The victory gave de Groot a record-equalling twenty first main singles championship, transferring her degree with fellow Dutch nice Esther Vergeer.
It additionally stretched her successful streak to 135 consecutive matches.
De Groot has now gained a file 13 straight main singles finals however the 27-year-old believes she will be able to nonetheless get higher.
She says she struggled together with her serve towards Kamiji, who had beforehand gained the Australian Open in 2017 and 2020.
“I can nonetheless enhance a lot greater than I already am doing now,” de Groot mentioned.
“So discovering these little particulars in the intervening time is, I believe, a really enjoyable course of.”
De Groot mentioned her win gave her super satisfaction after she endured a disrupted preparation.
Damage and sickness threatened to derail her marketing campaign, whereas her unbeaten streak nearly got here to an finish earlier than the event when she confronted a match level towards Kamiji finally week’s Melbourne Wheelchair Open.
“The final couple of weeks haven’t been going all my means with just a little harm and a chilly, a match level down within the preparation event,” de Groot mentioned.
“So it hasn’t all been simply going superb. I needed to work for it very onerous this week. I believe that is what makes this actually particular.”
De Groot’s domination of girls’s wheelchair singles is mirrored within the prolonged listing of achievements she has tallied throughout her excellent profession.
Other than her success at Melbourne Park, she has gained a number of US and French Opens, six and 4 respectively, in addition to 5 Wimbledon titles.
De Groot has claimed three calendar Grand Slams, together with the Golden Slam in 2021 when she additionally triumphed on the Tokyo Paralympics.
Her singles victory in Melbourne provides to the 18th doubles main she gained on Friday, when she teamed up with countrywoman Jiske Griffioen to beat prime seeds Kamiji and Kgothatso Montjane.
“Wanting again at all the data, I am pleased with myself,” she mentioned.
“I believe it exhibits me that I am doing higher than I perhaps even hoped I’d ever do.”
The Netherlands loved one other victory on Saturday, with Sam Schröder defeating Israel’s Man Sasson 6-3, 6-3 within the quad wheelchair singles ultimate.
