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- Aryna Sabalenka (BLR/WTA 2) wins the women’s final of the Australian Open against Qinwen Zheng (CHN/WTA 15) 6:3, 6:2.
- The Belarusian defends her title from last year and celebrates her second Grand Slam triumph.
- She didn’t have to give up a single set throughout the entire tournament.
The winner of the Australian Open is the same as last year: The world number 2 from Belarus won the final against the Chinese Qinwen Zheng 6:3, 6:2 and celebrated her second Grand Slam title. The 25-year-old Sabalenka won even more dominantly than last year and didn’t drop a set in the entire tournament.
Even against number 12 seed Zheng, who will break into the top ten for the first time on Monday, she only needed 1:16 hours to win. Sabalenka only had a hard time in the last service game and was only able to use her fifth match point.
Legend:
Celebrates her 2nd Grand Slam triumph
Aryna Sabalenka.
EPA/Joel Carrott
Zheng has no chance at the premiere
The Chinese woman, who was four years younger, got to the final relatively “easily” and didn’t have to defeat any players from the top 50 along the way. But then she felt the same as all of Sabalenka’s other opponents in Melbourne. She found no way to counter the Belarusian pressure from the baseline. Only US Open winner Coco Gauff was able to challenge Sabalenka in the semifinals (7:6, 6:4).
Exactly ten years after her idol Li Na became the first Chinese woman to win the Australian Open, Zheng was unable to follow in her big footsteps. Sabalenka, however, is the first defending champion since Viktoria Asarenka in 2012 and 2013.
SRF info, Sportlive, January 27, 2024, 9:30 a.m.; svd/sda
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