Aryna Sabalenka sets up Australian Open semi-final with good friend Paula Badosa - The two-time defending champion recovered from losing her first set of the tournament.

After coming as close to defeat in Melbourne as she has for three long years, trailing by a break in the nerve-racking final set of her quarter-final match, Aryna Sabalenka drew on her unshakable mental toughness to find a way through to the semi-finals of the Australian Open with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 win over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Aryna Sabalenka revealed that the wind was causing big problems for her and admitted that she was just hoping to "magically" get through her Australian Open quarterfinal match. On Tuesday, the 2023 and 2024 Australian Open champion lost her first set at Melbourne Park since Elena Rybakina took one in the 2023 final.

Badosa reached the last four of a grand slam event for the first time in her career – the first Spanish woman to do so since Garbine Muguruza at Melbourne in 2020. Badosa, who w

World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka kept alive her hopes of defending her crown at Melbourne Park after beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in a thrilling three-setter in the quarterfinal.

Aryna Sabalenka's bid for a third consecutive Australian Open championship will continue after she got past Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in a surprisingly difficult quarterfinal Tuesday night.

Aryna Sabalenka had her back to the wall early in the third set of her quarterfinal against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, but the world number one stuck to a simple process to stay alive at the Australian Open.

She then advanced to the 2025 Australian Open final by defeating Paula Badosa in the semifinal by 6-4, 6-2. Aryna Sabalenka's best Grand Slam singles results include winning the 2024 Australian ...

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Aryna Sabalenka (No. 1 ranking) will face Paula Badosa (No. 12) in the semifinals at the Australian Open on Thursday, January 23.Sabalenka secured a three-set victory over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova