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Aryna Sabalenka revealed that she was ‘p***** off’ by Wimbledon rival Amanda Anisimova.

The world No. 1, who was beaten by the American in yesterday’s semi-final, accused her opponent of celebrating a point before the ball was dead.

At the time, she seemed to say to Anisimova: “Why didn’t you just say sorry?”

Speaking later, Sabalenka added: “I was just trying to chase the ball. She was already celebrating it. I mean, that’s a bit too early. Then she kind of p***** me off saying oh, that’s what she does all the time,” Sabalenka said.

“I was grateful that she actually said that because it actually helped me to keep fighting. I’m like, ‘OK, now I’m going to show you the tennis’.

“I came back because I got really angry in that moment, probably in the third set I should have remembered that.”

Anisimova has claimed that she was not celebrating and had in fact just performed an extended grunt.