The first four round of 16 matches were played this Sunday at theAustralian Open. Two weeks after their duel in Brisbane, the queen Aryna Sabalenka and the young Mirra Andreeva found themselves for a quarter place Melbourne. And like at the beginning of January, the world number 1 torpedoed the Russian. Sabalenka has a meeting with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarterfinals. On the other side of this half of the table, the world No. 3 Coco Gauff overturned Belinda Bencic. The American made an appointment with Paula Badosa, which ended the journey of‘Olga Danilovic.
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Sabalenka torpedoes Andreeva and will face Pavlyuchenkova in the quarterfinals
Aryna Sabalenka et Coco Gauff are the two favorites in this part of the table to find themselves in the semi-finals. They are one victory away from achieving this. The Belarusian won the tournament Brisbane and remained on eight consecutive victories, with only one set lost. Jostled by Clara Tauson in the third round, this time she crushed the Russian nugget Mirra Andreeva, 6-1, 6-2. The teenager had been torpedoed by the native of Minsk 6-3, 6-2 on January 4. The Russian was unable to do anything, attacked by the double title holder, imperial. Sabalenka will play his ninth quarter in a row in a Grand Slam. Impressive. She will rub shoulders with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in quarters. The Russian got the better of Donna Vekic19th player in the world, 7-6(0), 6-0. With 10 aces and 38 winning moves, Pavlyuchenkova made its power speak. Note that she leads 2-1 against Sabalenka. But, the two women have not crossed paths since 2021.
Gauff overthrows Bencic, Badosa continues his superb run
Coco Gauff she was at ten rank success and still had not lost a single set this year before facing Belinda Bencic. Once again, the American was solid but she still dropped her first set, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1. The Swiss held a set before exploding, probably just to resist the sequence of matches at this level. The young mother is already performing well and has achieved a very good Australian Open. Goof continues its journey and will face Paula Badosa in quarts.
Eighth finalist at Wimbledon and quarter-finalist at theUS Open, Badosa is for the third time in a row in the second week of a Grand Slam. Proof of the return to the highest level of the woman who made the best comeback of the year 2024. Encouraged by her companion Stefanos Tsitsipasthe Spaniard did not stop there and ended the race the Serbian Olga Danilovicfaller of Jessica Pegula. A 6-1, 7-6(2) success. Badosa continues to shine and will play a third quarter in a Grand Slam. The first in Melbourne. She will try to reach her very first semi-final at this level.
The results from this Sunday in Melbourne:
Rod Laver Arena
From 1h30
[1] SABALENKA, Aryna (BLR) – [14] ANDREEVA, Mirra (RUS) 6-1, 6-2
-[3] GAUFF, Coco (USA) – [PR] BENCIC, Belinda (SUI) 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
Margaret Court Arena
From 3am
[11] BADOSA, Paula (ESP) – DANILOVIC, Olga (SRB) 6-1, 7-6(2)
John Cain Arena
From 2:30 a.m.
[27] PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia (RUS) – [18] VEKIC, Donna (CRO) 7-6(0), 6-0
