Sabalenka Drops Zheng, Reaches Fourth Consecutive US Open Semifinal

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday September 3, 2024

New York—Aryna Sabalenka was in no temper for hanging round on Tuesday in Arthur Ashe Stadium.

The ladies who was concerned within the newest ever begin of a match on the US Open within the third spherical in opposition to Ekaterina Alexandrova (12:08 A.M.) stole away from Olympic gold medalist Zheng Qinwen in a cool 73 minutes on Tuesday night time, 6-1, 6-2, to set a semifinal with Thirteenth-seeded American Emma Navarro.

When requested how she would deal with the problem of dealing with an American — and the American followers — in Arthur Ashe Stadium subsequent, she advised the gang: “Drinks on me, you guys.”

That was the playful aspect of Sabalenka. Zheng needs she may have seen extra of that in her third profession Grand Slam quarterfinal, however the girls who dispatched the rising Chinese language star ast yr within the quarterfinals (6-1, 6-4) and once more on this yr’s Australian Open ultimate (6-3, 6-2) moved swiftly to victory.

The No.2 seed safed the one break level she confronted and broke Zheng’s serve 4 instances from eight alternatives to enhance to 26-6 lifetime on the US Open.

Sabalenka, the 2023 runner up in New York, is taking part in like she has unfinished enterprise in gotham metropolis.

She compelled 19 forehand errors from the No.7 seed in a smothering effort, and gained 16 of 24 second serve factors.

Sabelnka will face Emma Navarro for the third time on Thursday in New York – the Belarusian misplaced to Navarro in three units at Indian Wells (6-3, 3-6, 6-2), however returned the favor at Roland-Garros, pushing previous her within the spherical of 16, 6-2, 6-3.

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