Magda Linette (45. WTA) is playing the best Grand Slam tournament of her career. On Monday, she advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open , defeating French Caroline Garcia (4. WTA) 7:6 (7-3), 6:4. This made her the only representative of our country to make it through the fourth round of the tournament. At this stage, Iga Świątek (1. WTA) and Hubert Hurkacz (11. ATP) ended their participation in the event.
Świątek impressed by Linette’s great match at Australian Open
Świątek faced Jelena Rybakina (25th WTA) in the fourth round. The Kazakh won 6:4, 6:4 in both sets, breaking her opponent’s serve twice. The Pole did not hide her disappointment after the match . – Generally speaking, Jelena was more solid today. And I was driving with the handbrake on. I will definitely work on this before the next matches – she said.
Although the world leader has already finished her adventure with the event in Melbourne, she is closely watching the actions of her older colleague. After the great victory, Linette shared the winning ball from the match with the Frenchwoman on Twitter and added a short but expressive description. “Magda!” – wrote Świątek, adding emoticons with a flexed bicep and a flame.
Linette will face the Czech Karolina Pliskova (31st WTA) in the semi-final. Looking at the ranking, she will face an easier opponent than in the three previous rounds, but the former WTA ranking leader is showing herself in a very good light in Melbourne. She has won all of her previous matches in two sets, and the most games she has given to her opponent is just six.
The match between Linette and Pliskova will take place on Wednesday, January 25. The winner of this match will face the better player in the semifinals of the duel between Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (5. WTA) and Croatian Donna Vekić (64. WTA).
