World No 1 wins 6-2, 6-4 against Japanese Australian qualifier Talia Gibson stuns Paolini Aryna Sabalenka eased past Naomi Osaka 6-2, 6-4 to reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals while the fourth seed, Alexander Zverev, progressed to the last eight in the men’s event. Sabalenka and Osaka, both four-time grand slam title winners, were meeting for the first time since 2018, when the Japanese won at the US Open en route to her maiden major title, but the world No 1’s power proved too much for one of her predecessors. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/fCocUvB via IFTTT
It wasn’t a particularly pretty victory and it was aided by some questionable refereeing decisions, but Germany made it two from two with a 2-1 win against a tricky Denmark side in what Klara Bühl called “a victory of mentality and passion”.
Having been denied twice – correctly – by VAR in the first half, decisions were more favourable in the second. Amalie Vangsgaard had given Andrée Jeglertz’s Denmark a shock first-half lead, but Germany were awarded a soft penalty, again by VAR, which was converted by Sjoeke Nüsken before Lea Schüller was able to sweep in the winner despite Emma Snerle being on the ground having taken a ball to the face from a teammate’s clearance.
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