The current champion, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, has lost 21 games in five games, to no rival he has given up more than five. The limit reached by his quarter-final victim, the Czech Barbora Krejcikovawhich he defeated 6-2 and 6-3 in 1h.11′.
Sabalenka, 25 years old and world No. 2 (she won’t get one from Polish Iga Swiatek as she defends the crown and points), destroyed the queen of Roland Garros 2021 to chain her sixth straight semifinal.
The Belarusian will face his executioner again in the US Open final, the American Coco Gauff, 19 years old and No. 4, who suffered 3h.08′ to complete his comeback: 6-7 (6), 7-6 (3) and 6-2.
Sabalenka’s twelve-match winning streak at Melbourne Park will directly compete with the American’s ten-match winning streak, unbeaten this season, which opened at the WTA title in Auckland.
The winner will be the favorite in the final, whose opponent is a rookie and will come from a quartet of players, distributed like this in the quarters: Linda Noskova (Che)-Dayana Yastresmka (Ucr/Q) and Anna Kalinskaya (Rus)-Qinwen Zheng (Chn/12).
Source: La Verdad
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