US Open: Aryna Sabalenka sails through but Ons Jabeur sent packing by Zheng Qinwen | Tennis News

Aryna Sabalenka celebrated her dethroning of Iga Swiatek because the world primary with a complete 6-1 6-3 victory over thirteenth seed Daria Kasatkina within the US Open fourth spherical on Monday night time.

Swiatek’s defeat on Sunday means Sabalenka will prime the rankings for the primary time as soon as this match is over, though the Australian Open champion’s most important ambition this fortnight will likely be to go away with the trophy on Saturday.

Sabalenka has made the semi-finals of the previous two editions right here in New York, and can face Ons Jabeur’s conqueror Zheng Qinwen subsequent in her bid to make the final 4 once more.

On prime of successful the Australian Open this yr, the Belarusian additionally reached the final 4 of the French Open and Wimbledon.

“I had no doubt that Iga was going to make it to the final. I was sad that she lost, but becoming number one means a lot to me,” stated Sabalenka on-court.

“I’ve been pushing myself a lot this year to make this goal and I still can’t believe it… but I didn’t want to be distracted for tonight.”

Jabeur out, Keys beats Pegula

Zheng beat final yr’s US Open runner-up Jabeur 6-2 6-4 to achieve the quarter-finals, her deepest run ever in a Grand Slam match.

Zheng is seeded twenty third and turns into the primary Chinese participant to achieve the final eight of the US Open since Qiang Wang in 2019.

And she did it by overpowering the fifth-seeded Tunisian with an aggressive baseline sport that produced 21 winners.

“I feel just super happy and excited to play in a big stadium and have a really good performance today,” the 20-year-old Zheng informed the Louis Armstrong Stadium crowd.

Earlier within the day, Madison Keys beat fellow American Jessica Pegula 6-1 6-3 in simply over an hour to ebook her spot within the final eight.

Keys, the seventeenth seed and 2017 runner-up at Flushing Meadows, made fast work of her third-seeded opponent and shut good friend.

Her quarter-final opponent will likely be ninth-seeded Marketa Vondrousova, who got here again to beat unseeded American Peyton Stearns 6-7(3) 6-3 6-2 to maintain alive her dream of a second straight Grand Slam title after successful Wimbledon.

“I actually didn’t expect it after Wimby, there was a lot of pressure,” Vondrousova stated afterwards. “Let’s see what happens next.”

The US Open on Sky Sports: How and the place to observe

Sky welcomes tennis again to its channels, including to the present sports activities portfolio and reaffirming the broadcaster as the house of stay sport within the UK & Ireland.

Sky Sports’ new combined actuality studio options a number of customized constructed LED screens, built-in mild ‘sabres’, and an open cover roof, making the house alive with color and power to mirror the vibrancy of the final Grand Slam of the yr.

With built-in AR capabilities, a flexible LED flooring, and a ‘fourth wall’, the viewer will likely be transported to the Arthur Ashe Stadium in a 360-degree immersive surroundings. Our tennis consultants will take the viewer into the eyes of the gamers for knowledgeable Hawkeye evaluation and perception because the match progresses.

The know-how concerned permits us so as to add a complete new dimension and can carry clients nearer to the motion.

Highlights of matches will likely be obtainable throughout Sky Sports TV and our social media platforms.

Video highlights can even be obtainable of the Sky Sports web site and app, the place there can even be a each day stay textual content commentary on the Sky Sports web site and app, in addition to stay scores, experiences, evaluation and options.

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