
Fifth seed Aryna Sabalenka advanced to her first final at a Grand Slam tournament on Thursday following a straight sets victory over the unseeded Pole Magda Linette.
Sabalenka won 7-6, 6-2 in 93 minutes and will play Elena Rybakina who beat Sabalenka's fellow Belarusian Victoria Azarenka to give herself the chance of adding the Australian Open crown to her trophy cabinet containing the Wimbledon title from last summer.