the belarusian Aryna Sabalenkawho next Monday will be number one in the world for the first time in his career, dominated this Wednesdayto Qinwen Zheng (6-1 and 6-4) to advance to the semifinals of the US Open.
Sabalenka, The 25-year-old champion at this year’s Australian Open reached his fifth straight semifinal at a Grand Slam and his third in a row at Flushing Meadows.
The Belarusian faced Zheng for the first time in his career and dominated the match from start to finish to seal the round pass in just 73 minutes.
She never dropped her serve and lost just two service points in the first set, which she won, 6-1, with Zheng adding nine points.
Sabalenka, the first player capable of reaching the semifinals at least in the four ‘big’ of the season since Serena Williams (2016), did not concede break points in the second set and made a good ‘break’ in the seventh game to put it straight into the semifinals.
His balance in the quarterfinals of a ‘big’ is still perfect, seven wins and no losses.
He is two games away from the fourteenth title of his career. So far, eleven of the thirteen conquered have reached a fast surface.
His opponent in the semifinals will be the winner of the match between the Czechs Marketa Vondrousova and the American Madison Keys.
On the other side of the frame, Coco Gauff face the check Karolina Muchova.
Sabalenka She is certain to become the new world number one, after Polish Iga Swiatek, the reigning tournament champion, lost in the round of 16 against Latvian Jelena Ostapenko.
Source: La Verdad
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