{"id":360985,"date":"2024-01-19T02:16:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T03:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=360985"},"modified":"2024-01-19T04:02:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T04:02:18","slug":"tsunami-champs-ruthless-feat-not-seen-since-barty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=360985","title":{"rendered":"'Tsunami': Champ's ruthless feat not seen since Barty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Double bagels are supposed to be reserved for wildcard also-rans, not the 28th seed.<\/p>\n

But \ufeffAryna Sabalenka is in such supreme form that she made poor Lesia Tsurenko look like an amateur player on Friday.<\/a><\/p>\n

The defending champion needed just 52 minutes of power-packed tennis to progress to the fourth round and put the Australian Open engravers on notice.<\/p>\n

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\"Aryna<\/p>\n

Tsurenko capitulated against the onslaught and served six double faults.<\/p>\n

Nine commentator Josh Eagle likened the Belarusian to a "tsunami" and a "freight train."\ufeff<\/p>\n

It was the first double bagel at the AO since Ash Barty trounced Danka Kovinic in 44 minutes in 2021.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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\"Sabalenka's<\/p>\n

"Is that fun for you, sucking the joy out of other tennis players' games?" Andrea Petkovic\ufeff asked Sabalenka following the 6-0, 6-0 win.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old was gracious in victory but didn't attempt to downplay the extent of her hot form.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Ominously, \ufeffSabalenka said she was an improved player to the 2023 version that lifted the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

\u200bFor all the Australian Open headlines, talking points and highlights, watch Grand Slam Daily.<\/strong><\/em> Streaming live every day on Stan Sport<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Aryna<\/p>\n

That victory in the final over Elena Rybakina\ufeff is second seed Sabalenka's only grand slam title but she is uber-confident Down Under.<\/p>\n

The manner of her victory was in complete \ufeffcontrast to world No.1 Iga Swiatek's Houdini act against Danielle Collins on Thursday.<\/a><\/p>\n

"I'm just super happy with the level I'm playing so far and hopefully I can just keep going like that or even better," Sabalenka said.<\/p>\n

\"Australian<\/p>\n

Next up is Amanda Anisimova after the American eased past Paula Badosa\ufeff 7-5, 6-4 on Friday.<\/p>\n

"She's an incredible player," Sabalenka said.<\/p>\n

"I'm happy to see her back and in tennis (after mental health struggles) and we've played a lot of matches. Always tough battles and I'm really looking forward for a great fight."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Double bagels are supposed to be reserved for wildcard also-rans, not the 28th seed. But \ufeffAryna Sabalenka is in such supreme form that she made […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":360987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360985"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=360985"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":360992,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360985\/revisions\/360992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/360987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=360985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=360985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=360985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}