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John Salvado

Sabalenka faces tough AO quarter-final opponent

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova holds a winning record against Aryna Sabalenka. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

The woman with the longest name in professional tennis has set her sights on the owner of a lengthy Australian Open winning streak in what shapes as an intriguing quarter-final.

Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova - or Nastia to her friends - has looked better and better with each passing round in advancing to the last eight at Melbourne Park for the fourth time - and the first since 2020.

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