Australian Open: Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and Paula Badosa all reach quarter-finals | Tennis News happymamay

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Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open while Coco Gauff recovered from a set down to defeat Belinda Bencic.

Sabalenka was subjected to pressure in her previous matches at the hands of Jessica Pozas Manero and Clara Tosun, but she was tough against 17-year-old Mira Andreeva.

The teenager upset Andreeva Sabalenka at the French Open last summer, but lasted just 62 minutes on Rod Laver Arena as the top seed was given treatment similar to that given to Emma Raducano by Iga Swiatek on Saturday.

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After her 6-1, 6-2 win, Sabalenka said: “I’m very happy with this win. Mira is very young, very mature and a great player. She can play really great tennis.”

Sabalenka, who is looking to become the first woman to win three consecutive singles titles here since Martina Hingis at the end of the 1990s, extended her winning streak at Melbourne Park to 18 matches.

Sabalenka’s winning streak in Melbourne

Aryna Sabalenka is the fifth player in the past decade to reach three consecutive women’s singles quarterfinals at the Australian Open after Serena Williams, Karolina Pliskova, Ashleigh Barty and Jessica Pegula.

Sabalenka became the first player to win 18 consecutive matches at the Australian Open since Victoria Azarenka (2012-14).

She will next face the 17th seed Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaWho reached the quarter-finals here for the fourth time with a 7-6 (7-0) 6-0 win over Donna Vekic.

It seems that a strong confrontation in the semi-finals between Sabalenka and Gauff has become more likely after the American player defeated Bencic 5-7, 6-2, 6-1.

The Swiss player, a former top-10 star and Olympic gold medalist, recently returned to the tour after giving birth to her daughter Bella last April and played a good first set.

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But Gauff, who had won all of her previous matches this year in straight sets, took control early in the second set and eventually clawed her way to victory in a heated atmosphere on Rod Laver Arena.

The 20-year-old said: “I thought she played great in the first set, and it was difficult for me to play in attack.”

“I played harder in the second set and in the third set. Overall I’m happy with the way I played. I could have won the first set and I just tried to regain my composure.

“We worked hard in the offseason. Obviously, I have a long way to go to achieve my goals.”

Jove is in elite company

Coco Gauff became the youngest player to win her first nine matches at WTA level in consecutive seasons since Monica Seles (1992-93).

Since 2020, only two have reached more quarterfinals in Grand Slam events than Gauff (eight) – Aryna Sabalenka (11) and Iga Swiatek (nine).

Gauff now holds a 16-6 record in deciders at Grand Slam events, winning eight of her past 10 matches.

Gauff will next meet the eleventh seed Paola Badosa After the Spanish player ended the career of unseeded Serbian Olga Danilović by winning 6-1, 7-6 (7-2), to reach the quarter-finals here for the first time.

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