Sabalenka

Sabalenka will meet either teenage qualifier Linda Noskova or top-seeded Ons Jabeur in the final on Sunday. They play their match later Saturday.

Swiatek will hope to shake off the issue in time for the season’s first major which runs from Jan. Korda broke Nishioka’s serve in the opening game of the second set and the Japanese left-hander called a medical timeout for treatment on an apparent leg injury. Sabalenka won more than 80% of her points on her first serve and controlled the match from the baseline.

Aryna Sabalenka had a really strong offseason preparation for the new season and she thinks that the reason behind her really strong season start.

She took the offseason seriously this year preparing well for the upcoming year and she thinks that's the reason why she reached the final so early in the season. I’m super happy that I was able to win this match. "I’m happy with the level I played, especially with [Begu's] different game, she’s playing a little bit of a different style.

Second seed Sabalenka beat Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3, 6-2 in 78 minutes on Saturday afternoon to reach her first final on Australian soil. "I'm happy with ...

"Played really well, he got into play in the second set but I just managed to stay, I guess, mentally composed in the right moments and play my best tennis," the Serbian said after the match. "She's playing a little bit, like, a different style, so I'm super happy that I'm able to win this match." "I'm happy with the level I played today, especially with Begu's different game," Sabalenka said after the match.

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In the seventh game, Sabalenka broke Begu again to take a 5-2 lead. Sabalenka then saved three consecutive break points in the seventh game, before serving out for the opener in the ninth game. However, missing out on three early break points didn't impact Sabalenka, who broke Begu in the sixth game to take a 4-2 lead.

Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, won the Adelaide International 1 tournament by beating Czech Linda Noskova 6-3, 7-6 (4) at the Memorial Drive ...

Earlier in the tournament, Noskova, ranked No 102, defeated Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 3 seed (6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3), American qualifier Claire Liu (6-2, 6-2), Belarusian Victoria Azarenka (6-4, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6)) and Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the top seed (6-3, 1-6, 6-3). Sabalenka, ranked No 5, defeated Russian Liudmila Samsonova (7-6 (8), 7-6 (3)), Czech Marketa Vondrousova (6-3, 7-5) and Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu (6-3, 6-2) in the previous rounds of the Adelaide 1 tournament. She reached three finals last season but lost all of them.

Aryna Sabalenka has won her first WTA title since May 2021 by beating qualifier Linda Noskova in straight sets at the Adelaide International 1 final.

But two double faults in the tiebreak cost Noskova dearly, with Sabalenka going on to seal her 11th WTA title. The crucial moment came in the fifth game when Sabalenka snared the break, with the 24-year-old holding her nerve to secure the opening set in 37 minutes. "I think you have a great future.

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I just feel that I’m ready to show my best, and I’m ready for a big fight. Sabalenka double-faulted on her first match point before sending down another big serve to clinch victory. I wish we could predict something, but unfortunately this is not how it works.” I didn’t have a lot of chances. I was like, ‘OK, it’s not going to happen again’. “It was obviously a very tough match today.

World number five Aryna Sabalenka claims her 11th WTA Tour title with a straight-sets win over impressive 18-year-old qualifier Linda Nosková.

But two double faults in the second-set tiebreak cost Nosková dearly, with Sabalenka going on to seal victory. The crucial moment came in the fifth game when Sabalenka snared the break, with the 24-year-old holding her nerve to secure the set in 37 minutes. Sabalenka defeated 18-year-old qualifier Nosková 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) to claim her 11th WTA Tour title.

Aryna Sabalenka warmed up for the Australian Open by capturing her 11th WTA Tour title with a 6-3 7-6(4) win over teenaged Czech qualifier Linda Noskova in ...

A crosscourt winner set up three matchpoints for Sabalenka and the world number five double-faulted before closing out the contest with a booming serve for her first title in almost two years and a boost before the Jan. The big-hitting Sabalenka made a sluggish start to the WTA 500 event this week before hitting her stride and she was flying in the first set against the giant-killing 18-year-old, taking charge of rallies from the baseline to grab the advantage. ADELAIDE, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Aryna Sabalenka warmed up for the Australian Open by capturing her 11th WTA Tour title with a 6-3 7-6(4) win over teenaged Czech qualifier Linda Noskova in the Adelaide International 1 final on Sunday.

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A winning passing shot gave Sabalenka triple championship point at 6-3, and she hit one last sterling serve on her second match point. Sabalenka raced through the rest of the first set, dropping only one more point on her delivery as she deployed excellent serves and forehands. Sabalenka hit 12 aces and saved all three break points she faced in the match. Rising star: Despite the loss in the final, it was still a huge breakthrough week for World No.102 Noskova. She pulled off the same feat with Week 1 titles in both 2019 (Shenzhen) and 2021 (Abu Dhabi). This week, in her very next event, No.2 seed Sabalenka fully recaptured her winning ways, charging through the 1-hour and 43-minute final to wrap up the tournament.

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Second seed Sabalenka, a holder of 10 titles, added one more to her career total as she put her veteran's experience to good use, ending the week without the loss of a set. The Belarusian double-faulted on the first of three match points but sent over a serve winner on the second to wrap up the afternoon. The world number five ended a slump of three consecutive defeats in WTA finals with victory in 1hr 43min in torrid 36 Celsius (96.8 Fahrenheit) conditions at Memorial Drive.

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But Noskova was much more competitive in the second, holding serve and putting pressure on Sabalenka’s serve, especially with her powerful backhand returns. Sabalenka now has won three tournaments in the first week of a season after Shenzen in 2019 and Abu Dhabi in 2021. Sabalenka didn’t drop a set all week and seemed set for another comfortable win when she took out the first set on Sunday.

World No.5 Aryna Sabalenka has banished her serving demons from last year by defeating 18-year-old qualifier Linda Noskova...

I don't even want to think about it." "I don't want this s**t to happen again. "I was walking down the hallway and thinking, 'Who am I going to play next in Melbourne?'" she said. But two double faults in the tiebreak cost Noskova dearly, with Sabalenka going on to seal her 11th WTA title. Noskova fought tooth and nail to stay in the match, saving break points with the scores locked at 4-4 and 5-5 in the second set. "But maybe in the beginning, that first match, on the first second serve, I thought, 'Let's see how it's going to be this year'.

Aryna Sabalenka was in no mood to play the waiting game in Adelaide. A proactive Sabalenka stopped Linda Noskova 6-3, 7-6(4) in the Adelaide International 1 ...

Along the way, Noskova become the youngest woman to play a WTA 500-level title match since an 18-year-old Caroline Wozniacki contested the 2008 New Haven final. I think I didn't give her much opportunities on my serve. But I'm obviously going to have to develop my game. Today, Sabalenka kept going after her serve and it paid off with the title. "Maybe a little bit smarter, a little bit calmer on court. The second-seeded Belarusian blasted 12 aces against seven double faults and won 29 of 31 first-serve points in a one hour, 43-minute triumph.