In her last Grand Slam quarterfinal, the Spaniard fell apart in New York. She took the lessons to Gauff in Melbourne, and won.

Aryna Sabalenka moved one win away from becoming the first woman since 1999 to win three consecutive Australian Open titles, recovering from a slow start to beat good friend Paula Badosa 6-4, 6-2 Thursday night to return to the final.

The world No. 3 missed the chance to return to the semifinal stage after an inspired performance from the former world No. 2

Coco Gauff's forehand and serve abandoned her in the worst way and at the worst time at the Australian Open on Tuesday, and the No. 3-seeded American was eliminated in the quarterfinals by No. 11 Paula Badosa of Spain 7-5,

Aryna Sabalenka will get the opportunity to shoot for a third consecutive Australian Open title after thrashing Paula Badosa in the semi-final at Rod Laver Arena.

The first of two Australian Open women’s singles semifinals is set for an early Thursday morning start in Melbourne as No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka battles No. 11 Paula Badosa.

Spanish Sensation knocks out the world No. 3 in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open 2025. Paula Badosa of Spain celebrates after defeating Coco Gauff of the US during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open | AP

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Aryna Sabalenka reaches her third straight Australian Open final by beating Paula Badosa 6-4, 6-2.

Coco Gauff's unbeaten start to 2025 is over. So are her hopes of winning the Australian Open. The third-seeded Gauff, 9-0 on the year and unbeaten in 13 straight matches entering the day, was swept by 11th-seeded Paula Badosa of Spain 7-5, 6-4 in the quarterfinals in Melbourne on Tuesday.

Spain's Paula Badosa lost her cool at boyfriend Stefanos Tsitsipas in the middle of her Round 3 match in the Australian Open. Badosa snapped at Tsitsipas who was trying to calm her down during the second set.

Badosa has been a long-time friend of Belarusian world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka, who Kostyuk refused to shake hands with at the French Open in 2023. The Spanish No. 1 will play the winner of Jessica Pegula and Olga Danilovic in the last 16.

World No.3 Coco Gauff was knocked out of the Australia Open 2025 after losing to Paula Badosa in the quarter-final of the women's singles event.