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The Sun
5 hours ago
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- The Sun
Sabalenka Reaches 10th Straight Slam QF at French Open
WORLD NUMBER one Aryna Sabalenka reached her 10th consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final on Sunday with a straight-sets win over Amanda Anisimova in the French Open fourth round. The Belarusian battled through a tight opening set against the American 16th seed and then needed eight match points to clinch a 7-5, 6-3 victory on Court Suzanne Lenglen. Sabalenka, who was the pre-tournament favourite, will face Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen in the last eight after the Chinese star edged past Liudmila Samsonova. Zheng beat Sabalenka for the first time in their seven meetings in the Italian Open quarter-finals in the build-up to Roland Garros. Anisimova holds a 5-3 winning record over Sabalenka but has now lost their last two matches. The 23-year-old, a French Open semi-finalist in 2019, won her maiden WTA 1000 title in Doha earlier this season. She pushed Sabalenka in the first set, breaking the top seed when she was serving to clinch the opener. But two missed break points in the 11th game proved costly as Sabalenka went on to secure a one-set lead. The three-time Grand Slam champion quickly built a 3-0 advantage in the second set. Anisimova showed real grit to save six match points in a marathon hold of serve to cut the deficit to 5-3, but Sabalenka finally finished it off on her own serve at the eighth time of asking with a thumping backhand winner.
The Sun
5 hours ago
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- The Sun
Sabalenka powers into Roland Garros quarter-finals
WORLD NUMBER one Aryna Sabalenka reached her 10th consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final on Sunday with a straight-sets win over Amanda Anisimova in the French Open fourth round. The Belarusian battled through a tight opening set against the American 16th seed and then needed eight match points to clinch a 7-5, 6-3 victory on Court Suzanne Lenglen. Sabalenka, who was the pre-tournament favourite, will face Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen in the last eight after the Chinese star edged past Liudmila Samsonova. Zheng beat Sabalenka for the first time in their seven meetings in the Italian Open quarter-finals in the build-up to Roland Garros. Anisimova holds a 5-3 winning record over Sabalenka but has now lost their last two matches. The 23-year-old, a French Open semi-finalist in 2019, won her maiden WTA 1000 title in Doha earlier this season. She pushed Sabalenka in the first set, breaking the top seed when she was serving to clinch the opener. But two missed break points in the 11th game proved costly as Sabalenka went on to secure a one-set lead. The three-time Grand Slam champion quickly built a 3-0 advantage in the second set. Anisimova showed real grit to save six match points in a marathon hold of serve to cut the deficit to 5-3, but Sabalenka finally finished it off on her own serve at the eighth time of asking with a thumping backhand winner.
eNCA
10 hours ago
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- eNCA
Sabalenka powers into Roland Garros quarter-finals
World number one Aryna Sabalenka reached her 10th consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final on Sunday with a straight-sets win over Amanda Anisimova in the French Open fourth round. The Belarusian battled through a tight opening set against the American 16th seed and then needed eight match points to clinch a 7-5, 6-3 victory on Court Suzanne Lenglen. Sabalenka, who was the pre-tournament favourite, will face Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen in the last eight after the Chinese star edged past Liudmila Samsonova. Zheng beat Sabalenka for the first time in their seven meetings in the Italian Open quarter-finals in the build-up to Roland Garros. Anisimova holds a 5-3 winning record over Sabalenka but has now lost their last two matches. The 23-year-old, a French Open semi-finalist in 2019, won her maiden WTA 1000 title in Doha earlier this season. She pushed Sabalenka in the first set, breaking the top seed when she was serving to clinch the opener. But two missed break points in the 11th game proved costly as Sabalenka went on to secure a one-set lead. The three-time Grand Slam champion quickly built a 3-0 advantage in the second set. Anisimova showed real grit to save six match points in a marathon hold of serve to cut the deficit to 5-3, but Sabalenka finally finished it off on her own serve at the eighth time of asking with a thumping backhand winner.
India Today
11 hours ago
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- India Today
Aryna Sabalenka reaches 3rd straight French Open quarterfinal, to face Qinwen Zheng
Aryna Sabalenka overcame a stiff challenge from Amanda Anisimova to make it to her third consecutive French Open quarter-final on Sunday, June 1. Sabalenka will take on Qinwen Zheng in the final eight stage but had to dig deep in the first set to overcome Anisimova. Coming into the contest, Sabalenka had lost five of her seven previous meetings with Anisimova. One of them was at Roland Garros in 2019, as a young Anisimova went to the semi-finals. However, the Belarussian star was able to show the form that has helped her claim the top spot in the rankings and held off the American to win the match 7-5, 6-3 in one hour and 32 minutes. advertisementFrench Open 2025 Day 8 Updates During the match, it felt that Sabalenka was going to run away with the match as she grabbed an early 4-1 lead and she held her first set point at 5-3. But Anisimova decided to bring some of her best play at that point, putting Sabalenka on the back foot. She quickly levelled things up and held two break points at 6-5. However, the World No.1 quickly thwarted it away with a couple of good serves and an ace to hold at 6-5. This proved to be the crucial point as Sabalenka was able to break Anisimova to claim the first set. Sabalenka raced to a 5-2 lead quickly, but Anisimova came in once again to save a total of six match points. advertisementThe World No.1 was able to regroup and get the win in the end. Sabalenka praised Anisimova for the challenge on the day and said she was happy with the win. "She is a great player, a tough one," Sabalenka said in a post-match interview."We had tough battles in the past. Honestly I was so focused, put as much pressure on her, change some rhythm. I am super happy with the win. She challenged me a lot."Sabalenka, who hasn't gone past the semi-final round Roland Garros, said that she is super hungry this time around and wants to be there till the very last day. "I am super hungry for this tournament. I want to stay until the very last day," said Sabalenka. The World No.1 will face Zheng, who overcame an early wobble to beat Russia's Liudmila Samsonova 7-6(5) 1-6 6-3 and reach the quarterfinals for the first time in her career.
Al-Ahram Weekly
12 hours ago
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- Al-Ahram Weekly
Tennis: Sabalenka powers into Roland Garros quarter-finals - Omni sports
World number one Aryna Sabalenka reached her 10th consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final on Sunday with a straight-sets win over Amanda Anisimova in the French Open fourth round. The Belarusian battled through a tight opening set against the American 16th seed and then needed eight match points to clinch a 7-5, 6-3 victory on Court Suzanne Lenglen. Sabalenka, who was the pre-tournament favourite, will face Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen in the last eight after the Chinese star edged past Liudmila Samsonova. Zheng beat Sabalenka for the first time in their seven meetings in the Italian Open quarter-finals in the build-up to Roland Garros. Anisimova holds a 5-3 winning record over Sabalenka but has now lost their last two matches. The 23-year-old, a French Open semi-finalist in 2019, won her maiden WTA 1000 title in Doha earlier this season. She pushed Sabalenka in the first set, breaking the top seed when she was serving to clinch the opener. But two missed break points in the 11th game proved costly as Sabalenka went on to secure a one-set lead. The three-time Grand Slam champion quickly built a 3-0 advantage in the second set. Anisimova showed real grit to save six match points in a marathon hold of serve to cut the deficit to 5-3, but Sabalenka finally finished it off on her own serve at the eighth time of asking with a thumping backhand winner. (For more sports news and updates, follow Ahram Online Sports on Twitter at @AO_Sports and on Facebook at AhramOnlineSports.) Follow us on: Facebook Instagram Whatsapp Short link:
