Magda Linette (WTA 45th) lost to Aryna Sabalenka (WTA 5th) in the semi-finals of the Australian Open 6:7, 2:6 and it was the Belarusian who reached the final of the event in Melbourne. She will face Kazakhstan Yelena Rybakina (WTA 25th), who defeated her compatriot Victoria Azarenka (WTA 24th). The Poznań native has achieved the greatest success in her career anyway. She has never advanced beyond the third round of a Grand Slam tournament before. The undoubted success of the Polish woman is commented on by journalists and experts on Twitter.
Commentators appreciated Linette. “I wouldn’t believe”
– Magda Linette bounced off the wall that was Aryna Sabalenka today. Applause for the brilliant first set, it’s a pity that we couldn’t keep the fast lead there. If someone had told me on January 1 that Magda would play such a match in the semi-final in Melbourne, I wouldn’t have believed it! – said the journalist of Sport.pl Dominik Senkowski.
– With Sabalenka in such a form, many players from the ATP ranking would have a problem. Magda Linette’s great tournament – commented the former tennis player and Polsat Sport commentator Dawid Olejniczak.
– Well, unfortunately… Magda Linette ends the semi-final with the score 6:7, 2:6… Sabalenka’s advantage of hitting power could not be offset by the change of direction of the shots and the excellent defense. It’s hard to say. It was still a sensational tournament in the edition of a Polish woman – assessed Adam Romer from the Tenisklub magazine.
Linette’s life success. “She lost the final battle, she won everything else”
– Magda Linette’s excellent first set, the seventh game in the second gave hope, but objectively the better tennis player, who had much more destructive ammunition in her arsenal, won. This does not change the fact that a wonderful tournament is behind the Polish woman. She lost the battle for the final, she won everything else – praised journalist Artur Gac.
– Big applause for Magda Linette for this tournament and for fighting until the end! I think that this tournament will allow the Polish woman to believe that she can continue to break down barriers and may she reach such a level of Slams more often in the coming months – added Damian Laszczak
– Magda Linette’s great tournament. I don’t know if any other tennis player would be able to beat Sabalenka today. And I believe that this is not one such tournament. That this is just the beginning of a beautiful chapter in Magda’s career – wrote Antoni Cichy from tvp.sport.pl.
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