Second seed Aryna Sabalenka crushed Zheng Qinwen 6-1 6-4 on Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday to succeed in her fifth straight Grand Slam semi-final and finish the twenty third seed’s charmed run on the U.S. Open.
Sabalenka, who will transfer prime of the world rankings subsequent week, pummelled her Chinese opponent with 17 winners and by no means confronted a break level.
Zheng had by no means made it to a serious quarter-final and endured a depressing time towards the Australian Open winner, as she was unable to get a lot energy off her serve and the Belarusian pressured her into 23 errors.
Sabalenka will play the winner of a match between American Madison Keys and Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova.
“I’m super happy with the win against her… super happy with the performance,” mentioned Sabalenka, who misplaced within the semi-finals in her earlier two U.S. Open appearances.
“I’m going to do everything I can to stay until the end.”
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Sabalenka has not dropped a set this yr at Flushing Meadows and he or she gained the primary 5 video games, dropping just one first-serve level in a near-pristine first set.
Zheng improved her stage within the second set, forcing Sabalenka to run backwards and forwards alongside the baseline as she confirmed finesse to triumph in a 21-shot rally within the fifth sport.
But she helped Sabalenka to the break with a double fault and two unforced errors within the seventh sport and by no means recovered, sending a backhand into the online on match level.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com