No 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka crushed teenager Mirra Andreeva 6-1, 6-2 as Coco Gauff fought back to defeat Belinda Bencic 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 and enter quarter-finals
No 1 seed Sabalenka crushes Andreeva 6-1, 6-2 in Rd 4as the two highest-ranked players in the top half of the singles draw maintained their momentum on a warm day in Melbourne Park.
Gauff endured a considerably more challenging day on Rod Laver Arena as she recovered from a set down to defeat Belinda Bencic 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, ending the Swiss player’s brilliant run in her first grand slam tournament since giving birth to her daughter, Bella. Gauff has now won her first nine matches of the professional tennis season.A round away from a rematch of last year’s semi-final, both players will next face experienced opponents who will not be overawed by the occasion.
A year ago, Bencic, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalist, was pregnant and away from the tour during the Australian Open. She gave birth to her daughter, Bella, eight months ago last April and returned to competition in October on the lowly ITF circuit. Having built up her form, stamina and match fitness by playing against opponents ranked as low as No 656, Bencic has been in strong form in Melbourne and she opened up the tournament by upsetting Jelena Ostapenko, the 16th seed, in round one.
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