Follow usAryna Sabalenka, world number 2, defeated world number 15, Qinwen Zheng, 2-0 sets, and won the 1st Grand Slam of the year in Australia as that was her 2nd Australian Open trophy.
ARYNA SABALENKA HAS DONE IT 👏
She’s won her second consecutive Grand Slam title after winning one in Australia last year 🙌 @SabalenkaA | #ThatsaW pic.twitter.com/YvEVzg15ob
— ESPN (@espn) January 27, 2024
One break was enough for the Belarusian to win the 1st set as she converted 1 breakpoint from 4 opportunities. Her Chinese opponent had 3 chances to break her serve, but Aryna saved all of them.
In the 2nd set, Sabalenka’s dominance was even greater as the world number 2 started the set with a break. Aryna broke Zheng’s serve for a 2nd time to make it 4-1, and the Belarusian closed the set 6-2 to win the match and the title in Australia for only 1 hour and 17 minutes on the court.
Sabalenka triumphed with the title without losing a set since the beginning of the tournament.
2023 – Aryna Sabalenka has won her 12th hard court title and first since… the Australian Open 2023 – she had lost her three final on this surface in this span (Indian Wells, US Open 2023 and Brisbane 2024). Deliverance.#AusOpen | @AustralianOpen @WTA @WTA_insider pic.twitter.com/iUY2iBrApN
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) January 27, 2024
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