Australian Open, Aryna Sabalenka first finalist

Aryna Sabalenka wins first Australian Open women’s semifinal

It's Aryna Sabalenka the first finalist in the Australian Open 2024 women&#39s singles tournament. The Belarusian tennis player defeated American Coco Gauff in two sets, in a match that lasted one hour and 44 minutes with scores of 7-6(2), 6-4. For Sabalenka è the second consecutive final in Melbourne, after the one (later won) in 2023.

Sabalenka, number 2 WTA, tried from the start to impose her game, leading 5-2 in a first set that seemed one-sided: excellent, però, the reaction of Gauff, who occupies the fourth place in the world ranking, able to win four consecutive games, before però surrendering at the tie-break.

The second set è on the other hand, lived on much less tears: neither contender lost a game on her own serve until 4-4, when Sabalenka è managed to concretize the second break point for 5-4, bringing the hand of the match in her direction. Fought the last game, but it did not è serve for the American to cancel a match point: the second, in fact, è proved to be the good one for the defending champion.

For Aryna Sabalenka, the 1998-born athlete, è thus, the second final at the Australian Open, the third at the slam level: after her Melbourne victory in the final against Kazakh Elena Rybakina, also in 2023, the Belarusian è climbed all the way to the final act of the US Open, losing to Coco Gauff herself.