Indian Wells: Aryna Sabalenka storms past Coco Gauff into semi-finals with straight-sets victory

16.03.2023 - 01:23 eurosport.com

Aryna Sabalenka stormed into the semi-finals of Indian Wells after beating home favourite Coco Gauff 6-4 6-0. Sabalenka played some superb tennis as Gauff made some crucial mistakes and couldn’t do anything about the power of the Australian Open champion.

Ad Maria Sakkari or Petra Kvitova await Sabalenka in the last four on Thursday. WTA Indian Wells'I'd be struggling for years' — Sabalenka sympathises with young first-time Slam winners13 HOURS AGO “You guys wanted to send me home, I know!” Sabalenka joked to the crowd after the match. “It was a tough match, she’s a great player and I’m just super happy with the win.

I want to stay here as long as I can just to enjoy the atmosphere. “I believe in myself and know I have to bring my best game, do everything I can no matter what and that’s a great feeling.

Hopefully I can keep it up.” Sabalenka came flying out of the blocks as she took advantage of some unforced errors from Gauff to break immediately.

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