the first grand slam tournament of the season, the minsk resident was stronger than the american cori gauffhe achievement of victoria azarenka. win the major in melbourne twice in a row. stanislav lipsky add to the topic. arena sabalenka needed 104 minutes to reach the final of the australian open. it doesn't seem like much, but the fight turned out to be spectacular. stubborn for sure. menchanka led 5:2 in the opening set, but with character. corey gauff wins the next four games and serves to win the first set. it would seem that victoria is close, but not in the game against sabalenka. arina scored a reverse break and switched the game to a tiebreak, where the belarusian again dominated. six double faults by gauff are a lot for one set. at the same time, the belarusian played more actively. sabalenka won 7:6. five aces. with only two double faults, corey gave out in the second segment of the match, the american made only six unforced errors, while sabalenka had as many as 13, but even having improved the game so much, she loses her serve with the score 4:4, but how it turned out that the