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Australian Open 2024: Women’s Semi Final Day
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We are now at the pointy end of AO24 with just two singles matches on today. The day sessions will have plenty of doubles action with superstars both past and present featuring. Australian legends Mark Philippoussis, Alicia Molik and Casey Dellacqua will turn back the clock when they play off in the legend’s doubles on Margaret Court Arena. On Rod Laver Arena Aussie Matt Ebden will try to make it to the men’s doubles finals for the second time, this time hopefully going on to win it. On MCA Storm Hunter will play off to make her first Australian Open final in the women’s doubles. The night session on RLA will kick off with a blockbuster match between defending champion Aryna Sabalenka and reigning US Open champion, Coco Gauff. Following their match will be the other semifinal between 12th seed Qinwen Zheng and qualifier Diyana Yastremska.
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Women’s Semifinals
(2) Aryna Sabalenka vs (4) Coco Gauff
The first semi will be between the two best players in women’s tennis at the moment, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff. Both have been in exceptional form with Sabalenka yet to lose a set and Gauff losing only one. If Gauff can beat Sabalenka and go on to win the Australian Open, she will overtake her as no.2 in the world. Gauff leads the overall h2h 4-2 with their last match up being in the most recent grand slam, the US Open where Gauff came from behind to win in three sets. Sabalenka will want to get one back over Gauff after the US Open loss cost her the chance of finishing 2023 as the year end no.1.
(12) Qinwen Zheng vs (Q) Diyana Yastremska
In a somewhat surprising match up in the second semifinal, Qinwen Zheng will take on Diyana Yastremska. With plenty of seeds dropping out in the early rounds of the tournament, Zheng has still yet to play a seeded player at AO24. Should Zheng win tonight, she will jump to world no.7. Yastremska has been on a magical run at AO24, losing only one set enroute to the semifinal. At just 23 years of age, this can ignite her career to become one of the top players in the women’s game.
The full schedule for the day can be found here.
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