Australian Open 2024 Highlights: Aryna Sabalenka beats Coco Gauff in straight sets to reach women's singles final

Published at :January 25, 2024 at 1:42 PM

Modified at :January 27, 2024 at 1:48 AM

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The Australian Open 2024 women’s draw has only three seeds left, and two of them will face each other in the semi-final stage. The second seed Aryna Sabalenka and the fourth seed Coco Gauff are the highest-ranked players remaining in the draw, making their match a virtual final. Only four seeds survived the first week at Melbourne Park — Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka, Barbora Krejcikova, and Qinwen Zheng. World No. 2, Sabalenka, then knocked out Krejcikova in the quarterfinals.

Gauff cruised through her first four rounds in straight sets until she met the unseeded Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk. Kostyuk played a brilliant match, forcing the 2023 US Open champion to a three-setter, only second of the year for the American teenager. Sabalenka has advanced to the semifinals at the Australian Open 2024 without dropping a set, even handing a double bagel to Lesia Tsurenko.

Coco Gauff vs Aryna Sabalenka Preview

Coco Gauff reached her maiden Grand Slam semi-final at the Australian Open after a thrilling three-set victory over Marta Kostyuk on Tuesday. The fourth seed staged a remarkable comeback in the opening set, saving two set points from 2-5 and 5-6 down, before edging the tiebreak 8-6. She then lost the second set in another tiebreak 3-7, but bounced back strongly in the decider, breaking Kostyuk twice to seal the match 6-2.

Gauff extended her unbeaten run in 2024 to 10 matches, having won the ASB Classic title in Auckland without dropping a set and cruising through the first four rounds in Melbourne.

Aryna Sabalenka breezed through the bottom half of the draw, facing no real challenge from her opponents. The highest ranked player she met was the ninth seed Barbora Krejcikova, whom she dispatched with ease 6-2, 6-3 in just 71 minutes. The Belarusian dominated the first set, breaking Krejcikova three times in the third, fifth and seventh games.

The Czech player could not match Sabalenka’s power and consistency, making 24 unforced errors and hitting only six winners compared to Sabalenka’s 20.

Head-to-head records

Matches – 6

Coco Gauff – 4

Aryna Sabalenka – 2

Sabalenka has dropped just 16 games without dropping a set in five matches so far this fortnight and will face No.4 seed Coco Gauff in a rematch of last season’s US Open final. While Gauff leads their head-to-head, both players are tied at one match each in 2023. Sabalenka defeated Gauff at the Indian Wells quarterfinals in two sets, 6-4, 6-0.

Gauff triumphed in their encounter at Flushing Meadows six months later to deny Sabalenka her maiden US Open crown in a match that lasted three sets, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.

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Where and how to watch live streaming and TV broadcast of Coco Gauff vs Aryna Sabalenka, Australian Open 2024, semi-final match in India?

The semi-final between Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka gets underway on January 25 (Thursday), with the day’s schedule yet to be put forward. You will not want to miss the semi-final between the two, as it will have all the excitement of a gladiatorial slugfest.

Fans in India can watch the live telecast of the Coco Gauff Aryna Sabalenka clash on the Sony Ten 2, 3, 4 and 5 SD/HD channels on television. In India, SonyLiv will live stream the match on its official website and app.

Prediction

Aryna Sabalenka will be looking to end Coco Gauff’s unbeaten streak this season as the pair clash in the semifinals on Thursday (January 25). The hard-court win-loss record of the two semifinalists from the last 52 weeks are identical, Gauff (45-9) and Sabalenka (40-10). Of their six meetups, four have gone the distance — Gauff winning three of those.

History beckons Sabalenka in her final four encounter against Gauff, who will be determined to reach her first-ever Grand Slam final at Melbourne. Sabalenka will look to defend her 2023 title and be the first woman to win back-to-back at Melbourne Park since Victoria Azarenka in 2012-13.

Only three women, including Azarenka, have won twice in a row at the Australian Open this century. The others being Jennifer Capriati (2001, 2002) and Serena Williams (2009, 2010).

Result: Aryna Sabalenka to win in three sets.

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