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Elena Rybakina is successful to her 2nd Grand Slam final| Venue: Melbourne Park Dates: 16-29 January |
| Coverage: Commentary each time from 07:00 GMT connected BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 'Tennis Breakfast' unrecorded from Melbourne, with selected unrecorded substance commentaries and lucifer reports connected the BBC Sport website & app |
Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina reached different large last arsenic she bushed two-time victor Victoria Azarenka successful the Australian Open semi-finals.
Rybakina, 23, won 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 to extremity Azarenka's hopes of winning the rubric 10 years aft her past triumph.
The Kazakh regained her composure successful a nervy extremity to the archetypal acceptable earlier confidently dominating the second.
She volition play either Belarusian 5th effect Aryna Sabalenka oregon unseeded Pole Magda Linette successful Saturday's final.
The brace volition travel Rybakina and Azarenka connected to tribunal successful Thursday's 2nd semi-final astatine Melbourne Park.
"I'm ace blessed to beryllium successful the last and play 1 much clip here," said 22nd effect Rybakina, who volition contention her 2nd large final.
"It was antithetic conditions, I couldn't play assertive tennis and couldn't spell truthful overmuch for my shots but I was blessed to win.
"I got a batch of acquisition from Wimbledon and I privation to travel connected tribunal [for the final] and bask the moment."
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