Arina Sabalenka and Elena RybakinaThe first and second favorites respectively went on to beat the Chinese strongly Lin Zhu and Belgian Elise Mertens, Both of them qualified to the quarter-finals of the women's championship in Brisbane (Australia), in the 500 meters category.
Both the Belarusian (second in the WTA) and the Kazakh (fourth) They have given up just one run in their respective matches, It is solved by the first in an hour and ten minutes, and in only fifty-six minutes by the second.
In the quarter-finals, Sabalenka, with five Russians out of eight, will face her compatriot Daria Kasatkina, the fifth favorite in Brisbane, who previously defeated Polish Magda Linette 6-4, 6-2.
For her part, Rybakina will face Russian Anastasia Potapova, who surprised her compatriot Veronika Kudermetova with a difficult score of 7-5, 6-7 (7), 6-4.
The other confrontations in the quarter-finals will be between Czech Linda Noskova, who ousted Argentine Julia Riera with a score of 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-3, and Russian Mira Andreeva. And between Jelena Ostapenko and Victoria Azarenka.
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