Defending champ Sabalenka cruises to Aussie Open title
Aryna Sabalenka completed a ruthless defence of her Australian Open title by beating first-timer Zheng Qinwen in the final.
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Aryna Sabalenka completed a ruthless defence of her Australian Open title by beating first-timer Zheng Qinwen in the final.
Aryna Sabalenka vs Qinwen Zheng, Aus Open Live: Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka takes on China's Qinwen Zheng in the Australian Open women's singles final at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. The Belarusian Sabalenka will bid to become the first woman to defend the Australian Open title since 2013, but Zheng has her own date with destiny. Sabalenka yet to drop a set in Melbourne this year, sweeping all-comers aside until fourth seed Coco Gauff put up a stiffer challenge in the semi-finals.
It's the day of the women's final at the Australian Open, with world No. 2 and defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in action against 12th seed Zheng Qinwen. The pair have met just once on the tour, at last year's US Open in the quarterfinals, and it was Sabalenka who was victorious in straight sets.
Aryna Sabalenka took her revenge against Coco Gauff to make it back-to-back Australian Open finals.
Qinwen Zheng coasted past Ukrainian qualifier Dayana Yastremska on Thursday to become the first Chinese finalist in a decade at the Australian Open, setting up a decider against defending champion Aryna Sabalenka. The 12th seed, heading into the world's top 10 in next week's updated rankings, delivered a controlled performance on Rod Laver Arena to win 6-4, 6-4 in one hour 42 minutes. She is the first Chinese player to reach the final at Melbourne Park since her idol Li Na, who won the tournament in 2014. "I'm super excited to have such a great performance today and arrive in the final," said the 21-year-old, who had previously never been beyond the quarter-finals at a Grand Slam.
MELBOURNE : Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka marched into her third Grand Slam final on Thursday and said her experience would help her to focus on the challenge and avoid feeling too emotional.
MELBOURNE: Zheng Qinwen coasted past Ukrainian qualifier Dayana Yastremska on Thursday (Jan 25) to become the first Chinese finalist in a decade at the Australian Open, setting up a decider against defending champion Aryna Sabalenka.
Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka avenged a US Open final loss to Coco Gauff and became the first woman since Serena Williams to reach back-to-back finals at the Australian Open on Thursday.