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Patna : Top seed Ashleigh Barty, 25, Australia; 4th seed Barbora Krejcikova, 26, Czech Republic; 21st seed Jessica Pegula, 27, USA, and World No 51 Madison Keys, 26, USA, reached the women’s singles quarter-finals of Australian Open (AO) 2022 on January 23, 2022.
World No 1 Ashleigh Barty beat World No. 60 Amanda Anisimova, 20, USA, in straight sets 6-4, 6-3 in 4th round on Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Park, Australia, on January 23, 2022. Barty won 4 break points during the match to 1 by Anisimova. She fired 7 Aces during the match to 4 by the American. The Australian, winner of two Grand Slam singles titles, won 4 games in a row in the match to 2 by the American. Barty, in all, won 71 points during the match to 56 by Anisimova. Barty will face Jessica Pegula in QF on January 25, 2022.
World No 21 Jessica Pegula upset 5th seed Maria Sakkari, 26, Greece, in straight sets 7-6, 6-3 in 4th round on Margaret Court Arena on January 23. Jessica won 3 break points during the match to 2 by the Greek. The American fired 6 Aces during the match to 4 by World No 8 Sakkari. Sakkari committed 5 double faults in the match to 2 by the American. Both the players won 3 games each in a row during the match.
Reigning French Open champion Krejcikova hammered two-time former Australian Open champion & 24th seed Victoria Azarenka, 32, Belarus, 6-2, 6-2 in 4th round on Rod Laver Arena. Krejcikova won 5 break points during the match to just 1 by Azarenka, who had upset 15th seed Elina Svitolina, 27, Ukraine, in third round. The Czech fired 6 Aces during the match to 1 bu the Belarusian. Azarenka committed 6 double faults in the match to 2 by the Czech. Krejcikova will face 2017 US Open finalist Madison Keys, USA, in QF on January 25, 2022.
Madison Keys stunned 8th seed Paula Badosa, 24, Spain, 6-3, 6-1 in 4th round on Rod Laver Arena on January 23, 2022. Msdison won 5 break points during the match to just 1 by World No 6 Badosa. The America, in all, won 69 points in the match to 48 by the Spaniard. Badosa committed 10 double faults in the match to 1 by the American.