Australian Open 2023: Magda Linette shocks Caroline Garcia, Aryna Sabalenka through

Magda Linette had ne'er gone past the 3rd circular of a Grand Slam earlier her 2023 Australian Open run

Magda Linette reached her archetypal Grand Slam quarter-final astatine the property of 30 with a daze decision of 4th effect Caroline Garcia astatine the Australian Open.

She had ne'er earlier progressed past the 3rd circular of a major.

"I don't truly judge it," said Linette, who volition look Karolina Pliskova successful the past eight.

"I don't cognize what happened. I'm speechless, really. I don't cognize what to say.

"But I don't privation to accidental I didn't expect it, due to the fact that coming connected the tribunal I was assured successful however good I'm playing."

Garcia had avoided an upset successful the 3rd circular successful a two-hour conflict with Laura Siegemund and opened the archetypal acceptable against Linette with a interruption to instrumentality a 3-0 lead.

But erratic play allowed Linette to combat back, and erstwhile Garcia was serving for the archetypal acceptable astatine 5-4, Linette got the captious interruption backmost connected her 2nd attempt.

Linette - who made conscionable 8 unforced errors successful the full acceptable - took the tie-break with easiness earlier serving retired the lucifer aft getting the interruption astatine 4-4 successful the 2nd set.

Elsewhere, 5th effect Aryna Sabalenka reached her archetypal Australian Open quarter-final with a 7-5 6-2 triumph implicit Switzerland's Belinda Bencic.

Belarusian Sabalenka is yet to driblet a acceptable astatine Melbourne Park this twelvemonth portion some she and 12th effect Bencic were connected seven-match unbeaten runs coming into the 4th round.

Sabalenka, 24, volition adjacent play unseeded Donna Vekic in what volition besides beryllium the Croatian's archetypal quarter-final successful Melbourne.

Vekic defeated 17-year-old Linda Fruhvirtova 6-2 1-6 6-3, portion Fruhvirtova's Czech compatriot Pliskovabeat China's Zhang Shuai 6-0 6-4 to acceptable up her last-eight gathering with Linette.

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