Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka continues to perform successfully at the last Grand Slam tournament of the year.
On the courts of New York, the compatriot leaves behind one rival after another at the US Open.
She didn’t even spare her very good friend from Belgium, Elise Mertens, who currently ranks 35th in the ranking of the best tennis players on the planet.
At one time, the world's 2nd racket, that is, the Belarusian, achieved great success and magnificent victories with this girl in doubles at all kinds of tournaments.
Well, now Arina turned out to be her direct rival. The athletes fought in the 1/8 finals of the US Open.
Sabalenka had no visible problems during the match. She finished the game quite quickly – 6:2 and 6:4.
In the quarterfinals, the Belarusian will face the winner of the Croatian-Chinese match Donna Vekic (24th place in the ranking) - Xingwen Zhen (7).
Let us recall that earlier in New York, Arina defeated Australian Priscilla Hon (203), Italian Lucia Bronzetti (76) and Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (31).
Last year, Sabalenka reached the final of the US Open, where she lost to American Cori Gauff.
This year, the world's third-ranked player will definitely not play in the final, as she lost to her compatriot Emma Navarro (12) in the 1/8 finals.
