Aryna Sabalenka (26) returned to the final of the Brisbane International by beating teenager Mirra Andreeva (17) 6-3, 6-2 on Saturday, moving closer to her first trophy of the year before the defense of his title at the Australian Open which begins later this month.
The world number one Aryna Sabalenka saved five break points to win a tight first set against her 17-year-old Russian opponent, who had stunned the Belarusian in the quarter-finals of Roland-Garros seven months ago.
In good shape and in full possession of his means for his first tournament of the new season, Sabalenka changed gears in the second set to break early and escape to meet the Russian Polina Kudermetova in Sunday’s final.
“It’s always the same tactic for me, stay aggressive and put my opponents under pressure”said Sabalenkafinalist last year.
-“I’m happy I was able to do it against Mirra. I felt like everything worked really well. She’s an amazing player and I’m sure she’ll break into the top 10 soon. I’m happy of this victory.
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Kudermetova, 21 years old, had already swept away the Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina 6-4, 6-3thus continuing his excellent run started in qualifying.
