MELBOURNE: Fifth seed Aryna Sabalenka outmuscled Donna Vekic 6-3, 6-2 in a ferocious battle of huge hitters on Wednesday to succeed in the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the primary time.
The 24-year-old, the one top-10 seed left within the draw, took her probabilities in a bodily one-hour first set suffering from break factors earlier than operating away with the second.
Vekic had held a 5-1 profession file towards Sabalenka however was unable to match the extent of the brand new, improved model of the Belarusian with 13 double faults not serving to the Croatian’s trigger.
The 24-year-old, the one top-10 seed left within the draw, took her probabilities in a bodily one-hour first set suffering from break factors earlier than operating away with the second.
Vekic had held a 5-1 profession file towards Sabalenka however was unable to match the extent of the brand new, improved model of the Belarusian with 13 double faults not serving to the Croatian’s trigger.
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Sabalenka accomplished the semi-final line-up after 109 minutes on Rod laver Area and can play Polish shock package deal Magda Linette on Thursday for a spot in her first Grand Slam closing.
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