Serena Williams and Aryna Sabalenka are set for a fourth-round showdown that will pit two of the tour’s most powerful hitters against each other for the first time.
The wins to Williams and Sabalenka came shortly before No.3 seed and 2019 Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka beat tricky No.27 seed Ons Jabeur 6-3, 6-2. “It’s a big challenge [playing Williams], but it’s a tough one, but I’m going to do everything I can to prepare myself for that match, like mentally be ready to get this win, actually, because, yeah, she’s huge and she’s a great player, and it’s always I think a big challenge to play against these kind of players,” Sabalenka said.“I was thinking like, wow, she’s really powerful [the first time I watched Williams] play as a teenager].
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