In the 2019 US Open Women's Doubles semi-finals, No. 8 seeds Batty/Azarenka beat Kuzmova/Sasnovich 6-0 6-1 to reach the first Grand Slam final after the cooperation. This is the second consecutive year that the Australian has entered the US Open Women's Doubles final, and Azarenka has entered the Women's Doubles Grand Slam Championship for the first time since the 2011 Australian Open. They will await the winner between Mertens/Sabalunka and Dolshid/Jinjuci.
United States, New York - On September 5th, local time, the 2019 US Open began the women's doubles semi-final contest. No. 8 seed Batty/Azarenka scored the dark horse combination Kuzmova/Sasnovich 6-0 6-1 to reach the first Grand Slam final after the cooperation.
Azarenka and Batty have dominated the game from start to finish, facing four break points and all rescued, adding up to a total of 18 winning points, and it took 56 minutes to end the fight.
"We played fairly straightforward from start to finish," Batty said. "The first few rounds were a bit tricky, but we passed the test and the overall standard was very high. There was basically no dissatisfaction."
"Vika today The performance is great," Batty added with a smile, "I'm also happy to sit back and enjoy what I do, just follow her."
Since the Australian Open team, this combination has become a time bomb in the doubles draw. They won the first place in Rome this year and also reached the semi-finals of Miami and the Rogers Cup.
This year's US Open, Batty and Azarenka took some time to enter the state. The first two rounds were risky passes: they reversed Niculescu 4-6 6-1 6-1 in the first round. Gasparyan then went through the final tie-breaker and beat N. Chichenok/Spiers 6-3 3-6 7-6 (10). In the next game of
, they relied on their brave performance to wash the local combination Gove/McNally with 6-0 6-1, and then after three sets of hard work, they reversed the top seed Barbos/ 2-6 7-5 6-1. Muradnovich.
In view of the fact that both players’ singles journey is over-Azarenka lost to compatriot Sabalenka in the first round, and Batty lost to China Golden Flower Wang Qiang in the fourth round-they were able to transfer all their energy to doubles. Above, this approach in Batty's view will also help improve their singles level.
“Of course, singles is still the top priority, but it’s not bad to get good results in doubles. We enjoyed the game and played wonderful tennis. I think this is the most beautiful place in the US Open this year,” Batty said. From time to time, we can always have excellent performances with Vika, which will only help our singles."
Azarenka will attack the first Grand Slam doubles champion and the first Grand Slam champion after his comeback. She already has Grand Slam women's singles and mixed doubles titles.
"I have never won a Grand Slam women's doubles championship, so it's great to have this opportunity" Azarenka admits, "I have been very happy on the court in the past two weeks. We played every game. It’s all improving."
"I think it’s something that cannot be ignored to reach the Grand Slam finals. As a tennis player, this is our dream. Needless to say, singles are always in the first place, but doubles. The final is also very special. I feel very lucky."
Azarenka and Batty will await the winner between No. 4 seeds Mertens/Sabalenka and the local duo Dole Sid/Jinjuci.
