WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu is back at full strength and looking to soar under new Liberty coach

New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu opened the season strong on Saturday night, scoring 25 points to lead her team to an 81-79 win over the Connecticut Suns. Feeling fully recovered from a long-term ankle injury, and with a new head coach on the bench, Ionescu is just getting started.

“I’ve been training tirelessly, honestly, since the season ended last year,” Ionescu told Fox News Digital in an interview this week. “So it’s been a really long offseason of just weightlifting, rehabbing on the basketball court, doing yoga, continuing to do recovery and figuring out ways to continue to get better.”

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