the belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (5) continued her state of grace in 2023 starting with a title in Adelaide and defeated American Shelby Rogers 6-3, 6-1 in the second round of the Australian Open in a match that opens the schedule at the Rod Laver Arena track for this Thursday.
Sabalenka, who has amassed a total of 32 wins, came from behind to break in the first set to seal her third-round presence in Melbourne for the third straight year.
The fifth seeded player has six consecutive wins in 2023 and this is the second time in the last three years that he has achieved this feat.
Her next obstacle will be known after the end of the clash against the Belgian Elise Mertens (26)executioner of the Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza in the first round, along with the American Lauren Davis.
Sabalenka and Mertens won the 2019 US Open and 2021 Australian Open major doubles titles.
Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, who defeated the invited American Taylor Townsend 1-6, 6-2 and 6-3, and the French Caroline Garcia (4) repeated her most offensive version and defeated the brave proposal of Canadian Leylah Fernandez 7-6(5) and 7-5.
Garcia, who defeated fellow Canadian Katherine Sebov 6-3, 6-0, qualified for the third round on the banks of the Yarra for the fifth time in her career after overcoming it with a dizzying offensive proposition that offered ten – a serve. directs and 40 winners.
Gala, who has a family home in Alicante, managed to come back from a tiebreaker break, as well as survive a set point in the second set of the clash that lasted until one hour and 52 minutes of play.
García, who has yet to lose a set, is a possible candidate for the title due to an excellent state of form backed by 38 victories on the circuit since June 2022.
The defending WTA Finals champion has won her last six meetings against the Canadians and will face German Laura Siegemund, extop-30, in the next round, after she eliminated Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu in three sets.
The winner of this match will meet in the round of 16 with the winner of the clash facing Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova with Polish Magda Linette.
In contrast, Russian Veronika Kudermetova (9) was fired in the second round as the seed. stumbling against American former Katie Volynets by 6-4, 2-6 and 6-2.
Source: La Verdad
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