(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 23 - The 29-year-old Frenchwoman n.4 in the world Caroline Garcia was eliminated in the round of 16 of the Australian Open tennis by the 30-year-old Polish Magda Linette (n.45), by 7-6(7-3) 6 -4.
Linette had never made it past the third round of a slam.
She will now face 30-year-old Czech Karolina Pliskova (#31), who eliminated 34-year-old Chinese Shuai Zhang (#22) 6-0 6-4 for a place in the semifinals in Melbourne.
The n.5 in the world advances in the first major of the season: the 24-year-old Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka beat the 25-year-old Belinda Bencic (n.10) from Switzerland 7-5 6-2 and in the quarterfinals she will find the 26-year-old Croatian Donna Vekic (n.64), who got the better of 17-year-old Czech Linda Fruhvirtova with a score of 6-2 1-6 6-3.
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