"These teenagers are testing me in the last couple of rounds, said Sabalenka, who has now reached at least the semi-finals at 12 of the last 13 grand slams she has contested. She's an incredible player, it was a tough match don't look at the score, it wasn't easy at all. I'm super happy with the win, it was a tough battle."
"Things might have become more complicated had she not taken the opening set in a long ninth game, saving three break points before clinching her third set point. After that, she did not lose another game, and the roof closed on Rod Laver Arena as Sabalenka conducted her post-match interview, with the tournament's heat stress scale hitting the cut-off mark of five shortly before 1.30pm."
Aryna Sabalenka beat 18-year-old Iva Jovic 6-3, 6-0 in the Australian Open quarter-final, conceding just three games. Sabalenka saved three break points in a long ninth game to take the opening set and then won every subsequent game. The win follows a fourth-round victory over 19-year-old Victoria Mboko and extends Sabalenka's run to at least the semi-finals in 12 of her last 13 grand slams. Jovic enjoyed a breakthrough tournament and will enter the top 20 next month. Extreme heat in Melbourne prompted the closing of Rod Laver Arena's roof.
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