Aryna Sabalenka is now 26-1 in Australia since the start of 2023 after semifinal win in Brisbane

Aryna Sabalenka continued to dominate Down Under on Saturday, defeating Mirra Andreeva in the semifinals of Brisbane, 6-3, 6-2, to move through to the final of the WTA 500-level tournament.

Though the scoreline looked lopsided, there were tricky moments for the world No. 1, as she faced a total of eight break points in the match—but she saved them all, and converted three of her own five break point opportunities en route to the one-hour, 29-minute win.

Sabalenka finished the match with 26 winners to 22 unforced errors, while Andreeva tallied up 23 winners to 26 unforced errors.

“I’m really glad that against Mirra I was able to play such aggressive tennis,” Sabalenka said afterwards in her on-court interview. “She’s an amazing player, a young player, and I’m sure she’s going to be Top 10 for so long, and soon, too. I’m very happy to get this win.”

And with her victory over Andreeva, Sabalenka improves to 26-1 in Australia since the start of 2023. Her only loss in that span came to Elena Rybakina in the final of Brisbane in 2024, 6-0, 6-3.

She’s also 52-3 in sets in Australia since the start of 2023. All three sets she’s lost have come to the same player, Rybakina—the two from the Brisbane final in 2024, and the first set of a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over the Kazakh in the Australian Open final in 2023.

SABALENKA IN AUSTRALIA SINCE THE START OF 2023:
d. Samsonova in ’23 Adelaide 2nd Rd, 7-6, 7-6
d. Vondrousova in ’23 Adelaide QFs, 6-3, 7-5
d. Begu in ’23 Adelaide SFs, 6-3, 6-2
d. Noskova in ’23 Adelaide F, 6-3, 7-6
d. Martincova in ’23 Australian Open 1st Rd, 6-1, 6-4
d. Rogers in ’23 Australian Open 2nd Rd, 6-3, 6-1
d. Mertens in ’23 Australian Open 3rd Rd, 6-2, 6-3
d. Bencic in ’23 Australian Open 4th Rd, 7-5, 6-2
d. Vekic in ’23 Australian Open QFs, 6-3, 6-2
d. Linette in ’23 Australian Open SFs, 7-6, 6-2
d. Rybakina in ’23 Australian Open F, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
d. Bronzetti in ’24 Brisbane 2nd Rd, 6-3, 6-0
d. Zhu in ’24 Brisbane 3rd Rd, 6-1, 6-0
d. Kasatkina in ’24 Brisbane QFs, 6-1, 6-4
d. Azarenka in ’24 Brisbane SFs, 6-2, 6-4
l. to Rybakina in ’24 Brisbane F, 6-0, 6-3
d. Seidel in ’24 Australian Open 1st Rd, 6-0, 6-1
d. Fruhvirtova in ’24 Australian Open 2nd Rd, 6-3, 6-2
d. Tsurenko in ’24 Australian Open 3rd Rd, 6-0, 6-0
d. Anisimova in ’24 Australian Open 4th Rd, 6-3, 6-2
d. Krejcikova in ’24 Australian Open QFs, 6-2, 6-3
d. Gauff in ’24 Australian Open SFs, 7-6, 6-4
d. Zheng in ’24 Australian Open F, 6-3, 6-2
d. Zarazua in ’25 Brisbane 2nd Rd, 6-4, 6-0
d. Putintseva in ’25 Brisbane 3rd Rd, 7-6, 6-4
d. Bouzkova in ’25 Brisbane QFs, 6-3, 6-4
d. Andreeva in ’25 Brisbane SFs, 6-3, 6-2

Awaiting Sabalenka in the final will be the biggest surprise of the week, Polina Kudermetova, the younger sister of former Top 10 player Veronika Kudermetova. The No. 107-ranked qualifier kept her dream week going with a 6-4, 6-3 semifinal victory over Anhelina Kalinina.

Kudermetova is into the very first WTA final of her career.

She recorded the first Top 10 win of her career earlier this week, defeating No. 9-ranked Daria Kasatkina in the third round, and will now go for her first career win over a world No. 1.