MELBOURNE (AFP) — Caroline Garcia became the latest top-10 seed to fall at the Australian Open with a shock defeat to Magda Linette, but Aryna Sabalenka blasted her way into the quarterfinals on Monday. Poland’s Magda Linette celebrates victory against France’s Caroline Garcia after their women’s singles match on day eight of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 23, 2023. I don’t know what to say.”Belarusian Sabalenka never really looked like she would follow Swiatek, Garcia and the rest out of the first major of the year. Hard-hitting Sabalenka sprinted into her first quarter-final at the Australian Open and said: “My whole life, it took me a little while to understand that negative emotion is not gonna help you on court. Djokovic would normally be a hot favourite at Melbourne Park, where the former world number one is chasing a record-extending 10th Australian Open crown and 22nd major title.
