Sabalenka on Keys: "The conditions suit her game".

Adrien Guyot

le 24/01/2025 à 09h04

1 min to read

Keys Open d'Australie Sabalenka

Aryna Sabalenka will be aiming for a third consecutive Australian Open title. The Belarusian won her 20th match in a row in Melbourne against her friend Paula Badosa in the semi-finals on Thursday.

She will now face Madison Keys in a bid to make tennis history.

The two players have already met in the semi-finals at the US Open 2023.

After Keys had served for the match in the second, Sabalenka found the solution to turn the tables (0-6, 7-6, 7-6).

The world No.1 reflects on her Grand Slam encounter in New York.

"I was under a lot of pressure. I had the impression that she was playing her game, going for her shots, and everything was going into the court.

But I think that at certain points in the match, she started asking herself questions. I could feel it and I said to myself that it was probably time to put more balls back into the court.

Afterwards, I managed to turn things around. But she'd played some incredible tennis, she'd been aggressive in that semi-final.

The courts may be faster at the US Open than here, but the conditions are just right for her game", Sabalenka asserted before meeting Keys again for the title at the Australian Open.