Australian Open: Sabalenka dismisses Krejcikova, faces Gauff in semi-final
Aryna Sabalenka won against Barbora Krejcikova 6-2, 6-3 on Tuesday. She’ll face American Coco Gauff, the No 4 seed, in the next round
Aryna Sabalenka (Action Plus/Panoramic)
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, won against No 9 seed Barbora Krejcikova 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the last four of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Tuesday.
Sabalenka, ranked No 2, will face American Coco Gauff, the No 4 seed, next.
She has now won all eight Grand Slam quarter-finals in which she has appeared.
“I have been working so hard, last year, this pre-season,” she said on court afterwards.
In the previous rounds, the Belarusian beat German qualifier Ella Seidel (6-0, 6-1), qualifier Brenda Fruhvirtova (6-3, 6-2), Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko, the No 28 seed (6-0, 6-0) and American Amanda Anisimova (6-3, 6-2).
Krejcikova, ranked No 11, defeated Japanese wildcard Mai Hontama (2-6, 6-4, 6-3), German Tamara Korpatsch (6-2, 6-2), Australian qualifier Storm Hunter (4-6, 7-5, 6-3) and Russian Mirra Andreeva (4-6, 6-3, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other quarter-finals results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58.910.000, most recent results first):
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Linda Noskova vs. Dayana Yastremska
- Coco Gauff beat Marta Kostyuk: 7-6 (6), 6-7 (3), 6-2
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