Australian Open – Aryna Sabalenka in the semi-finals despite a scare against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Aryna Sabalenka's 19th consecutive success at the Australian Open was not her smoothest, far from it. In these difficult playing conditions, with a swirling side wind, the double title holder even had a big scare this Tuesday but ensured the essential against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who led 2-1 service to follow in the third round before giving in on the wire, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 in 1h53. Sabalenka thus returns to the final four of her favorite tournament, where she will face Paula Badosa who, earlier in the day, had caused a real surprise by taking out Coco Gauff.
