Aryna Sabalenka kept a historic Australian Open hat-trick on track Tuesday as she battled past Russian 27th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 in the quarter-finals. An exchange of breaks took the Russian to a 5-2 lead and she served out to love to level the match.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova said her Australian Open quarter-final loss to top seed Aryna Sabalenka on Tuesday would not blot her solid start to the season and the Russian hoped to carry the momentum forward.

Aryna Sabalenka needed to come from a break down in the third set twice to defeat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at the Australian Open and reach her milestone 10th Grand Slam semifinal.

It was a nervy performance from Sabalenka, too, but not enough that she fell victim to an upset as her presumptive semifinal opponent, Coco Gauff, did earlier in the day. And so, it will be Paula Badosa who tries to end Aryna’s reign as Australian Open champion.

Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka has fought past Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in three sets to reach an Australian Open semi-final against Paula Badosa.

She defeated Yue Yuan, Anastasia Potapova ... has been using the quick conditions in Melbourne Park well to her advantage. Pavlyuchenkova has equalled her best run at the Australian Open by ...

After three straightforward holds of serve at the start of the match, Sabalenka displayed the variety she has added to her game with a drop shot from deep to earn break points and then converted it with a more familiar backhand bullet.

Aryna Sabalenka’s bid for a third consecutive Australian Open championship will continue after she got past Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in a surprisingly difficult quarterfinal Tuesday night.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova said her Australian Open quarter-final loss to top seed Aryna Sabalenka on Tuesday would not blot her solid start to the season and the Russian hoped to carry the momentum forward.

Aryna Sabalenka’s bid for a third consecutive Australian Open championship will continue after she got past Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in a surprisingly difficult quarterfinal

Aryna Sabalenka stays on track for a third consecutive Australian Open after she got past Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.