Aryna Sabalenka makes it to semifinals of Australian Open doubles tournament

Aryna Sabalenka made her way to the semifinals of the season's first Grand Slam tournament in the Australian Open in doubles. It took only 52 minutes in the fourth round match for the Belarusian and Belgian Elise Mertens to win over Japanese duet Shuko Aoyama - Ena Shibahara with a score of 6: 2, 6: 0. Sabalenka and Mertens are the main favorites of the pair competition. For reaching the final, the Belarusian and Belgian will compete with the fourth place in Melbourne - American Nicole Melichar and Demi Schuurs from the Netherlands next night.