Beats China's Qinwen Zheng in the final at Melbourne Park
MADRID, 27 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Belarusian tennis player Aryna Sabalenka has defended her Australian Open title, the first 'Grand Slam' of the season, after beating the Chinese Qinwen Zheng (6-3, 6-2) this Saturday in the final, completing a perfect week in which he did not give up a single set.
A break in the second game of the first set, in which she led 3-0, was enough for the world number two to close a set that ended on her fifth opportunity. Already in the second set, she achieved two more breaks that allowed her to end the contest after 76 minutes of play at Melbourne Park.
In this way, Sabalenka becomes the first player to defend her first Grand Slam title since her compatriot Victoria Azarenka did so in the final of the 2013 Australian Open, the year in which Azarenka was also the last. tennis player to successfully defend a crown in Melbourne.
All after completing two memorable weeks in which he did not lose a single set. With this, he adds the fourteenth title of his career, the ninth on outdoor hard courts and the first since May, when he defended his Mutua Madrid Open trophy.