Sabalenka plays Spain’s 11th seed Paula Badosa, while Swiatek will face Madison Keys. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Sabalenka beat good friend Paula Badosa of Spain earlier Thursday, 6-4, 6-2. Sabalenka, a 26-year-old from Belarus, can become the first woman since 1999 to win three consecutive Australian Open singles crowns. "If she plays like this," the 11th-seeded Badosa said, "I mean, we can already give her the trophy."
Madison Keys has charged into the Australian Open final and will meet two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in Saturday’s championship (3 a.m. ET, ESPN).
Aryna Sabalenka will next play either World No.2 Iga Swiatek of Poland or World No.14 Madison Keys of the United States. Aryna Sabalenka won the Australian Open in 2023 and 2024.
Madison Keys stuns world number two Iga Swiatek to set up an Australian Open final against two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka.
On paper, Aryna Sabalenka's win over Clara Tauson may appear to have been a straightforward affair, but it was anything but for the world number one.
American Keys, the 19th seed, will meet the Belarusian double defending champion, who beat ‘soulmate’ Paulo Badosa in the earlier semi-final.
Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek are clear favourites to win their respective semi-finals on Thursday and set up a blockbuster Australian Open title decider.
Australian Open marks the first Grand Slam of the tennis season. Much has changed since the most recent Slam, the U.S. Open last summer.Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, bidding to be the first woman to three-peat in Melbourne since Martina Hingis,
Aryna Sabalenka, who can write her name into the tennis record books with a third consecutive Australian Open title on Saturday, has become the complete player.
ShareMadison Keys saved a match point before stunning world number two Iga Swiatek to set up an Australian Open final against two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka. Keys claimed a shock 5-7 6-1 7-6 (10- 8) victory over five-time Grand Slam champion Swiatek to reach the second major final of her career.