Aryna Sabalenka, 5th in the world, clearly dominated the Swiss Belinda Bencic (10th) 7-5, 6-2, Monday in the round of 16 of the Australian Open where she will play a quarter-final for the first time.
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"
I am very happy with this victory and my level of play
", welcomed the 24-year-old Belarusian, also saying she was "
very happy
" with her state of mind, her weak point since the start of her career. is precisely the mind.
Bencic scored the first break of the game to lead 4-2 in the opening set.
But from there, much more solid on her serve than the Swiss, Sabalenka won eleven of the next fourteen games to end the match with a winning shot, the 32nd of the game, on Bencic's serve.
Sabalenka conceded - and lost - only one break point in the entire match and has therefore still not lost a set of the season, which began with a title at Adelaide 1.
She will face the Czech nugget Linda Fruhvirtova (82nd at 17) or the Croatian Donna Vekic (64th) for a place in the last four in Melbourne.
She had reached the round of 16 of the Australian Major in the last three editions without ever passing the milestone.
She has made the Grand Slam semi-finals three times (Wimbledon 2021, US Open 2021 and 2022).
