Aryna Sabalenka vs Qinwen Zheng LIVE: Australian Open 2024 scores and results from women’s final

Sabalenka solely had the slightest of wobbles as she served it out, with Zheng saving her first 4 Championship factors as Sabalenka pushed too onerous for a ending winner. Dragged to deuce, Sabalenka needed to save break level however she remained strong on her first-serve and victory was by no means unsure: a far cry from the unpredictable rollercoaster of 12 months in the past.

Since profitable her first Australian Open, Sabalenka has proven exceptional consistency on the grand slams as has reached six semi-finals in a row. Now she is ready to proceed her dominant types into the most important matches on the latter levels of a very powerful tournaments, there may be no restrict on what Sabalenka can obtain over the remainder of the yr.

Aryna Sabalenka collects the trophy Evonne Goolagong Cawley

“First of all thank you Evonne for being such an inspiration to all of us and receiving this trophy from you is a privilege for me. I want to congratulate Qinwen on an incredible couple of weks in Australia and reaching the final – I know the feeling of losing a final but you’re such a young girl and you’re going to get it.

“It’s been an amazing couple of weeks – I couldn’t have imagined myself lifting the trophy. It’s an unbelievable feeling and I’m speechless, so once again my speech is going to be weird!”

Thanks for becoming a member of us this morning! We’ll be again tomorrow, the place there will likely be a brand new Australian Open champion when Daniil Medvedev faces Jannik Sinner within the males’s singles final

Sinner will play in a grand slam final for the primary time after the 22-year-old Italian surprised defending champion Novak Djokovic in 4 units for the most important win of his profession.

Medvedev, the 2021 US Open champion, will play in his third Australian Open final after earlier defeats to Djokovic in 2021 and Rafael Nadal in 2022.

The third seed got here from two units down for the second time this event in beating Alexander Zverev in a four-hour epic within the semi-finals on Sunday.

Here’s Qinwen Zheng, who will enter the top-10 subsequent week after reaching her first grand slam title.

“First of all I want to say congrats to Aryna for such a wonderful match here. It’s my first final and I’m feeling a little bit giddy – but it’s a new experience for me. I want to say thanks to the fans for coming to support me.

“I feel very complicated right now: I could have done better in the match. I really enjoyed this Australian Open and I’m sure there’s going to be more and better in the future.”

GAME, SET AND MATCH! Sabalenka 6-3 6-2 Zheng

How does anybody cease Aryna Sabalenka when she’s on this manner?

She will get her fingers again on the Australian Open title because the trophy ceremony begins.

Evonne Goolagong Cawley will current the trophy 50 years after her first Australian Open win.

GAME, SET AND MATCH! Sabalenka 6-3 6-2 Zheng

The most spectacular facet of that win from Sabalenka was how she remained in complete management. She by no means allowed Zheng a second to settle into her first grand slam final. Zheng solely had a few moments however Sabalenka saved each single break level or strain level on her phrases and behind her highly effective recreation.

GAME, SET AND MATCH! Sabalenka 6-3 6-2 Zheng

Back-to-back titles for Aryna Sabalenka!

She finishes off Zheng with a forehand winner! A crushing win to seal a dominant title defence.

14 units in a row in Melbourne!

Three unreturnable serves from Sabalenka and it’s three Championship factors…

But Sabalenka is denied! Zheng saves all three – with a forehand error from Sabalenka as she appeared for the ending winner, adopted by a drop shot from Zheng.

Back to deuce… ACE from Sabalenka!

But Zheng digs in on the baseline, as Sabalenka nets! Zheng is making this nervy.

And now Zheng will get break level! ACE once more from Sabalenka.

Zheng holds and Sabalenka can have the primary of two probabilities to serve out the title.

I bear in mind a yr in the past, Sabalaneka was a bag nerves when serving out her first Australian Open final in opposition to Elena Rybakina.

But Sabalenka has been so cool and calm right here. It’s been a dominant efficiency.