Aryna Sabalenka is Vogue Australia’s latest cover star 

Aryna Sabalenka is en vogue. And on the cover of it. On the back of her second straight victory at the Australian Open, the 25-year-old graced a special digital cover of *Vogue* magazine in Australia.

Telling writer Jessica Montague that Australia has "a special place in [her] heart," Sabalenka was dressed head-to-toe in Australian designers for the shoot, which took place in her hotel room the day after she defeated Zheng Qinwen inside Rod Laver Arena to become the first woman to repeat in Melbourne in more than a decade.

“I actually love doing photoshoots,” Sabalenka said. “Right now, with the professionals I feel like I’m doing a terrible job. I think I need to do some classes and learn some stuff about how to pose.”

Styled by Emma Kalfus and photographed by Simon Eeles, Sabalenka wore a blue Christopher Esber dress and Cartier jewelery for the cover.

In the accompanying feature, Montague goes behind the scenes of Sabalenka's post-championships celebrations, chronicling the scene in the world No. 2's hotel room the morning after a celebration that featured "sour gummy bears and champagne."

"The whole room smells like sugar," Montague wrote.

Sabalenka also received multiple bouquets of flowers from her boyfriend, hockey player Konstantin Koltsov; a bottle of Piper Heidsick champagne anda chocolate cake in the shape of a tennis court from her hotel; and a hand-drawn card from a young girl, given to Sabalenka earlier that day.

“She was asking some questions about what advice I could give to her and who was my inspiration growing up,” Sabalenka said. “She watched my match yesterday and she loved it. She was so sweet to me.”

While she reflected on how Grand Slam championship No. 2 felt different than No. 1 12 months ago, Sabalenka signed off with a determined look forward.

“When you get one or two, you get hungrier and hungrier,” she said. “You want it even more than you wanted it before, because you have this taste of what it’s like. The goal is to keep pushing yourself to the limits and see how far you can get.”