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Patna : Second seed Aryna Sabalenka, 23, Belarus, 14th seed & world N 15 Simona Halep,30, Romania, World No 26 Elise Mertens, 26, Belgium, and World No 115 Kaia Kanepi 36, Estonia, reached women’s singles 4th round of Australian Open (AO) 2022 at Melbourne, Australia on January 22, 2022.
World No 2 Sabalenka beat 31st seed Marketa Vondrousova, 22, Czech Republic, in three-sets 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 in women’s singles third round on Margaret Court Arena rallying back from one set down. Sabalenka won 5 break points during the match to 2 by World No 41 Vondrousova. Sabalenka won 6 games in a row during the match to 2 by the Czech.
Sabalenka, in all, won 93 points during the match to 74 by Vondrousova. The Czech, however, fired 6 Aces during the match to just 1 by Sabalenka. The Belarusian committed 10 double faults in the match to 5 by Vondrousova. Sabalenka will face Kaia Kanepi in 4th round on January 24, 2022.
World No 115 Kai Kanepi beat World No 133 Maddison Inglis, 24, Australia, in three-sets 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 in third round on Rod Laver Arena on January 22, 2022, coming back from behind. Kanepi won 7 break point during the match to 4 by Maddison. The Estonia won 7 games in a row during the match to 4 by the Australian. Kanepi fired 5 Aces during the match to just 1 by Maddison. The Estonia, in all, won 73 points during the match to 56 by the Australian.
World No 15 Simona Halep, the winner of two Grand Slam singles titles, hammered World No 98 Danka Kovinic 27, Montenegro, 6-2, 6-1 in 3rd round . Simona won 6 break points to 1 by Kovinic. The Romanian also won 6 games in a row during the match besides serving 3 Aces. Simona, in all, won 60 points during the match to 36 by Kovinic..
19th seed Elise Mertens thumped World No 74 Zhang Shuai, 33, China, 6-2, 6-2 in 3rd round . Mertens won 5 break points during the match to 1 by Zhang. She also won 5 garmes in a row to 2 by Zhang.