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Sabalenka got off to a good start in defending her title, reaching the semi-finals without any problems. She eliminated Ella Seidel, Brenda Fruhvirtova, Lesia Tsurenko, Amanda Anisimova and Barbora Krejcikova in straight sets, losing only 16 games.
Coco Gauff waited for Sabalenka in the semi-final and it was a rematch of last year’s US Open final, which the American won. Sabalenka led 5:2 in the first set, but Gauff turned things around by winning the next four games. She was a few points away from winning the set, but Sabalenka fought back and scored a tiebreaker. The reigning Australian Open champion dominated the tiebreaker to win the first set.
The tennis players played on an equal footing for most of the second set, but in the ninth game, Sabalenka took Gauff’s serve and led with a score of 5-4, then served for the match , winning with a score of 7-6 (2), 6-4.
China’s Zheng Qingwen eliminated Ashlyn Kruger, Katie Boulter, Wang Yafan, Ocean Doding and Anna Kalinskaya and reached the TBS semi-finals for the first time in her career. In the 1/2 final, she met the Ukrainian Dayana Yastremskaya, who at the Australian Open even started from the qualifications.
Zheng immediately dropped his serve, but quickly recovered, made another break and won the first set 6-4. The tennis players exchanged breaks at the start of the second set, then Zheng took Yastremskaya’s serve for the second time and won the match 6-4, 6-4.
Sabalenka leads personal meetings with Zheng with a score of 1-0. Their only match came in the quarterfinals of the 2023 US Open and Sabalenka won it 6-1, 6-4.
Tennis. Australian Open. The final. Zheng Qingwen-Sabalenko. Direct
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