Dayana Yastremska and Linda Noskova reached their first Grand Slam quarterfinals in contrasting fashion on January 22 at the Australian Open.
Yastremska beat two-time champion Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (6), 6-4; while 18th-ranked Elina Svitolina was trailing Noskova 3-0 when Svitolina retired with a back injury.
Azarenka served for the first set twice and had two set points at 6-5 but couldn’t take them and Yastremska won the opening set on her second chance after 74 minutes. The Ukrainian then led 3-0 in the second set but Yastremska won six of the next seven games to clinch victory, ending with 37 winners.
