Barbora Krejcikova is the primary lady by means of to the second week at Melbourne Park as she appears to finish a uncommon Australian Open title double.
The smooth-moving Czech made gentle work of Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina at Rod Laver Arena on Friday, taking an hour and 26 minutes to win 6-2 6-3 and attain the fourth spherical.
Krejcikova, the 2021 French Open singles champion who gained the 2022 Melbourne Park doubles title with compatriot Katerina Siniakova, is but to drop a set and has solely misplaced 14 video games throughout her first three matches.
“The first two, three games were really close so I was really happy that I put all of them under my belt,” she mentioned.
“From there on I was just going for my shots and trying to stay aggressive and work, try to play good returns, good serves and start rallies really well and I think I was able to do that. I think I played really solid today.”
Krejcikova, who has gained all 4 doubles slams, has been ranked as excessive as No.2 on the earth in singles and reached the quarter-finals on the Open final yr.
She is the twentieth seed at Melbourne Park this yr after an elbow harm and dipping kind in majors harm her rankings however regained kind late final yr and shapes as a harmful prospect.
The 27-year-old will face both in-form third seed Jessica Pegula or Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk within the fourth spherical and was eyeing one other gig on the principle court docket.
“I definitely have to say that I love to play on a big court,” the 27-year-old mentioned.
“So for me, playing on a centre court, playing on big arenas, I can always get a little bit more out of me.”
