MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA) (ITALPRESS) – Aryna Sabalenka is the first female Australian Open finalist. The number one of the Wta rankings, winner of the last two editions of the Slam down-under, surpasses the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina in two sets with the score of 6-2 6-3 in an hour and 16 minutes of play. In the final act on Saturday, the Belarusian will challenge the winner of the second half-final of the day between Jessica Pegula and Elena Rybakina, with the possibility to put the third consecutive title in Melbourne.
NESSUNA STRETTA DI MANO TRA LE DUE
No greetings or handshake between the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and Ukrainian Elina Sivtolina at the end of the semifinal to the Australian Open, won from the first. During the meeting, on the maxiscreen of the Rod Laver Arena there was an announcement: “At the end of the meeting, there will be no handshake between the players. We appreciate your respect for both during and after the match.” Svitolina was the protagonist of an episode similar to the eighth finals, after defeating the Russian Mirra Andreeva. With Sabalenka, on the other hand, it had happened to the quarters of Roland Garros 2023, when the Belarusian had waited on the net the lawyer, who had refused the greeting.
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