She is world No.1, a three-time Grand Slam winner and has banked career earnings of about $55 million but Aryna Sabalenka has not forgotten the hard times.
The Belarus star, who has accumulated 20 tour titles along the way, had just eased to a 6-2 6-3 win over Olga Danilovic, of Serbia, to reach the fourth round of the French Open, when she decided to settle some old scores in her post-match media conference.
She called out some of her former coaches, who, she said, constantly put her down and told her she would not make the grade.