On the 21st local time, Belarusian top seed Sabalenka, who sought three consecutive dominations, encountered a severe challenge in the top 8 of the women's singles at the 2025 Australian Open, and finally defeated Russia's "letter sister" Pavlyucchenkova after a three-set battle, and advanced to the top 4 of the tournament while winning 9 consecutive victories in the opening season.

Belarusian top seed Sabalenka

Sabalenka won the Brisbane Women's Open at the beginning of the season, reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open without losing a set, and today she also played strongly in the first set, completing a double break to take a 6-2 lead.

However, Russia's 27th seed Pavlyuchenkova broke three times in the second set, ending Sabalenka's record of 25 consecutive sets at the Australian Open and winning 6-2.

Sabalenka and Pavlyuchenkova broke twice in the early stages of the third set, but Sabalenka broke again in the see-saw moment of the 4-3 lead to take a 5-3 lead and finally managed to hold serve and win 6-3, and she will face Spain's 11th seed Badosa in the semi-finals, who eliminated American star Gauff.