Aryna Sabalenka overpowered Belinda Bencic 7-5 6-2 to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals for the first time on Monday, getting her head straight after going down an early break to blast her Swiss opponent off the court.
The 24-year-old Belarusian will face Croatian Donna Vekic or Czech teenager Linda Fruhvirtova in the last-eight as she looks to book a spot in the semi-finals of a Grand Slam for the fourth time.
Sabalenka looks to have as good a chance as anyone of claiming a first Grand Slam title if she can conquer the demons that sometimes take hold when her power game is not working as well as she would like. There were to be only six more over the rest of the contest as Sabalenka found her groove and started to fire down howitzer serves and big forehands that put Bencic under huge pressure.
Sabalenka raced to a 3-1 lead in the second set, again responding with almost unplayable power when Bencic took a 30-0 lead in game seven, and wrapped up the victory with a huge forehand for her 32nd winner."I'm super happy with the level today."
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