Aryna Sabalenka stayed on target for her second Grand Slam title of the season after cruising previous China’s Zheng Qinwen in straight units to succeed in the US Open semi-finals on Wednesday. Australian Open champion Sabalenka — who will take over as world primary subsequent week — booked her place within the final 4 with a 6-1, 6-4 victory in 1hr 13min. The Belarusian second seed will face both Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic or Madison Keys of the United States within the final 4. “I think I definitely played great tennis today,” Sabalenka stated, earlier than praising her opponent.

“I’m super happy with the win against her, she played incredible tennis at the US Open this year.”

Sabalenka was assured of changing Iga Swiatek on the high of the ladies’s rankings after the Polish No.1 crashed out of the US Open on Sunday.

However Sabalenka stated she will not be interested by her new-found standing because the world’s high participant simply but.

“Of course I’m happy … it’s incredible for me and my family.

“But I’ve some issues nonetheless to do in New York this 12 months and I’ll take into consideration changing into No.1 after the US Open.”

Rising Chinese star Zheng had been dreaming of pulling off another upset after reaching her first Grand Slam quarter-final by downing last year’s finalist Ons Jabeur in the fourth round.

But the 20-year-old 23rd seed never looked like toppling the hard-hitting Sabalenka, who threatened to run away with the match after a blistering start in which she broke Zheng twice for a 3-0 lead, conceding just two points.

Zheng was broken again to go 4-0 down and although she finally held in the sixth game to make it 5-1, Sabalenka served out easily to take the first set in just 27 minutes.

Sabalenka’s dominance was reflected in her serve, where she won 23 of 26 points on her first serve, and 13 of 19 on her second. Zheng was unable to open up a single break point opportunity across the match.

Zheng fared slightly better in the second set, but after Sabalenka broke in the seventh game for a 4-3 lead, the result was never in doubt, and she wrapped up victory on serve in the 10th game.

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