On the morning of January 19th, the women's singles at the Australian Open welcomed a focus match in the round of 16, with top seed Sabalenka facing off against Andrejeva. Encountering little resistance, Sabalenka easily defeated her opponent 2-0, advancing smoothly to the quarterfinals.
In this year's Australian Open, Sabalenka is the defending champion and the top favorite to win the title. In the first round, she defeated Stephens 2-0. In the second round, Sabalenka eliminated Maneiro 2-0. And in the third round, Sabalenka continued her dominance with another 2-0 victory, keeping Tauson out of the top 16.
After the start of today's match, Sabalenka immediately demonstrated her overwhelming dominance. In the first set, the Belarusian player broke serve in the 4th and 6th games. In the opening set, Andrejeva only managed to win one game, losing 1-6.
In the second set, Sabalenka still did not give her opponent any opportunities. She easily won her own service games. Additionally, she broke serve in the 3rd and 7th games, causing Andrejeva to lose another set. The score for the second set was 2-6.
Throughout the entire match, Andrejeva only won a total of 3 games in two sets, leaving her with no hope of victory. Due to Sabalenka's fierce offensive, the match lasted only 62 minutes. Sabalenka had a first serve winning rate of 78% and a second serve winning rate of 56%.
In the sixth game of the second set, Sabalenka almost faced a break of serve, but she turned the tide under pressure from three break points, holding onto her service game.
While easily advancing to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open women's singles, Sabalenka also achieved an 18-match winning streak at the Australian Open, making her unstoppable. In the quarterfinals, Sabalenka will face the winner between Vikic and Pavlyuchenkova.