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27 January 2020, 10:02

Sabalenka, Mertens progress into Australian Open quarterfinal

Aryna Sabalenka and Elise Mertens. Photo courtesy of Jimmie48 tennis photography
Aryna Sabalenka and Elise Mertens. Photo courtesy of Jimmie48 tennis photography

MINSK, 27 January (BelTA) – Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka and Belgium's Elise Mertens reached the 2020 Australian Open women's doubles quarterfinal, seeing off the Russian-American duet of Veronika Kudermetova and Alison Riske 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 in one hour and 54 minutes, BelTA has learned.

Belarus' Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Viktoria Kuzmova of Slovakia are to face the Hungarian-French tandem of Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic for a berth in the quarterfinal.

The tournament, which is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events of the season, will be over on 2 February.

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