Magda Lynette He is playing in his 30th Grand Slam tournament in his life, and for the first time he is past the third round. In Melbourne, she has already defeated five opponents and will now play in the semi-finals Australian Open Championship. match with Arina Sabalenka It will likely start on Thursday around 12 noon Polish time.
Sabalenka It is number five in the world ranking In this. Lynette is still in 45th place. In the latest ranking, she will be promoted to at least 22nd place. Sabalenka did not drop a set en route to her fourth career Grand Slam semi-final. “She’s in great shape, and she hasn’t lost yet this year. That’s why I’m looking forward to this match.” Barbara Chet.
The expert was surprised that Lynette did the same as Radwańska and Świątek
Sabalenka scored 9: 0 in 2023. She suffered the last defeat more than a month ago – on December 23 she lost 1: 6, 3: 6 with Iga healed you inside World Tennis League in Dubai.
Magda Lynette He won eight out of the 10 matches played this year. in Australian Open Championship It is by far the biggest upset, and least successful, of all the semi-finalists. – Who would have thought that Magda Lynette would reach this point. Previously, only two women from Poland had, of course, done this Agnieszka Radwanska and Iga Świątek, notes Barbara Chet.
The Austrian was the world’s leading tennis player at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries. in order In this She was in seventh place. But she has never competed in a Grand Slam tournament as high as Linette now (Schett’s record is a quarter-finalist).
“Linette took her tennis to another level”
– I watched Lynette in the United Cup [na początku stycznia] “I was very moved,” Chet says. – It’s consistent. And she took her tennis to another level. Her backhand hit along the line is unbelievable. I am so glad she is doing this. And when she won Karolina Pliskova In the quarterfinals, I wasn’t surprised because she won last year in Glasgow [w listopadzie, w ramach Billie Jean King Cup] And she thought she could repeat it here – adds the Eurosport expert.
Neither in the match against Pliskova, nor in the previous meetings with Karolina Garcia, Ekaterina Alexandrova and Annette Kontaveit, Linette was not the favourite. She will not now be in the match against Sabalenka. But Schett does not at all deprive the Polish woman of the opportunity for another victory. “I am looking forward to this match,” she said.
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