Sabalenka trashes Zheng in straight sets to win 2024 Australian Open

Aryna Sabalenka, world number 2, defeated world number 15, Qinwen Zheng, 2-0 sets, and won the 1^st Grand Slam of the year in Australia as that was her 2^nd 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 1^st 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.

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In the 2^nd 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 2^nd 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