In the semifinals of the 2024 Australian Open women's singles, No. 2 seed Sabalenka defeated Gauff 7-6(2), 6-4 in a Grand Slam champion PK match to advance to the final. At the same time, in revenge for last year's US Open final, the two men's head-to-head record was rewritten to 3-4.
It was also Sabalenka's second career Australian Open final and her third Grand Slam final.
With the win, Sabalenka added 520 points, and the difference between them and the world No. 1 is almost 1,800 points.
The match was still tense, and Sabalenka almost staged another crash after the semi-finals of the classic Grand Slam, leading 5-2 in the first set, and was overtaken by Gauff 6-5, 30-0. Thankfully, she had to break back in the final minute and won 7-2 in the tie-break – winning 11 of the final 13 points of the first set.
Gauff made six double faults at the start of the first set, but he was actually quite powerful, and he also hit a serve of 202 km/h. Her "track tennis" once prevented Sabalenka's mentality from fluctuating, and she made a series of low-level mistakes. However, Gauff carried most of the main shot without losing most of the set, but it was still disappointed in the final stage, which gave Sabalenka a chance to survive.
But today, Gauff's second shot is really bad, which also gives Sabalenka infinite opportunities and buries infinite thunder for herself!
First set
As soon as she came up, Sabalenka continued her good hand and crazy aggression all the way, and after scoring 7 points in a row, she broke the blink of an eye to bring the game to 2-0;
However, as Gauff, who had just defeated Sabalenka at the US Open, was not a vegetarian, he broke back when he turned around, and took the lead in the net fighting method of the service game, 2-2, and played a lonely game;
In the 6th game, Sabalenka's fierce firepower forced a half-court ball, and Sabalenka rushed to the violent volley and broke again 4-2;
In the 7th game, Sabalenka Bao-Break-Bao, one key three in a row, 5-2;
In the 8th game, Gauff, who had lost 3 games in a row, had come to a situation where there was no way to retreat, holding serve, but it was not easy, 5-3, Sabalenka leads;
In the 9th game, Sabalenka missed serve to win the set with a 30-15 advantage, 5-4, Gauff was tenacious;
In the 10th game, Sabalenka came up and returned an ace, but then, she either returned the ball out of the bottom line or hit the ball but not the net, however, Gauff's performance was not much better, and the volley in front of the net and the small ball were also made a series of mistakes, after the difficult hold, 5-5, Gauff returned Sabalenka a 3-0;
In the 11th game, Sabalenka did not win 2 game points, but continued to hit back out of bounds on the break point, too ruthless, fast but not reached, after being broken, Sabalenka was overtaken 5-6, "Tiger Girl" stared at the incredible;
In the 12th game, in the blink of an eye, Gauff's serve won the set, Gauff led 30-0 and lost 4 points in a row, and the two sides tied 6-6;
In the tie-break, Sabalenka came up and broke out in the small universe, won two mini breaks in a row, and took a wave of 4-0 lead, Gauff couldn't save the ball and fell to the ground; then, Gauff was directly slammed by Saba to return the ace on 2 serves, 5-1 to exchange venues; in the next game, Sabalenka still felt online, 6-1 to get 5 set points, and finally won 7-2.
In the first set, the two sides played for 56 minutes.
Second set
In the first 7 innings, the two sides lost their temper, and Gauff took a 4-3 lead;
In the 8th game, Sabalenka scored 0-30, withstood the pressure, Sabalenka scored 4 points in a row, refused to hand over her serve, and after holding serve 4-4, Sabalenka wantonly vented her emotions, and this seems to be her blowing the charge to victory!
In the 9th game, Gauff's serve, the second serve was soft and continued to give Sabalenka a chance, Sabalenka did not miss the opportunity, won directly, broke serve, 5-4;
In the 10th game, Sabalenka's serve won the game, and on the match point, Gauff still dared to fight, and changed the line with a straight shot, and divided it evenly;
Playing strongly, Sabalenka reached the final of this Australian Open without dropping a set!
Later, Zheng Qinwen will compete with Yasteremska for another qualification in the finals!
So, come on!
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