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Aryna Sabalenka battles past Magda Linette at the Australian Open, books final
WTAThursday, 26 January 2023 at 13:30
Aryna Sabalenka started off slowly against Linette but slowly found her footing and cruised to a pretty comfortable finish in straight sets 7-6(1) 6-2.
It was a match that went largely as people expect it to go. Linette battled hard but ultimately there was simply a talent difference that was too large to overcome for the Polish player. A nervous start for Sabalenka left her making a few rushed decisions which were mistakes. Linette took an early break but Sabalenka quickly found a rhythm and battled back.
After that, she applied pressure but she was unable to find a breakthrough and we ended up in a tiebreak. That one was spectacular by Sabalenka as she cruised to a 7-1 finish to take the set. She was the aggressor from the start hitting 20 winners alone in the first set. The second set went much simpler thanks to Sabalenka already being in a good rhythm.
She took the second set 6-2 adding 13 winners more in that one. She had 33 winners overall and 25 errors. Linette had 9 and 16 which was not aggressive enough against Sabalenka. A very good final awaits us on Saturday.
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