ADELAIDE: Second seed Aryna Sabalenka suffered a shock exit on the Adelaide Worldwide on Wednesday after a 7-6(6) 6-1 defeat to world quantity 100 Kaja Juvan of Slovenia within the second spherical.
World quantity two Sabalenka, a semi-finalist ultimately yr’s Wimbledon and U.S. Open, struggled along with her serve, racking up 18 double faults, and dedicated 49 unforced errors within the shock loss to the 21-year-old on the Australian Open warm-up occasion.

Juvan received a good first set after trailing 2-0 and saved a set level at 6-5 within the tiebreak, earlier than racing forward 3-0 within the second to storm to victory in an hour and a half.
“I actually loved the primary set. I really like when matches get tight, when it is aggressive and when it is a actually tight battle,” Juvan mentioned after sealing her place within the quarter-finals.

“I used to be feeling just a little bit sorry at some factors as a result of I … knew she’s not doing the most effective with the serve and everyone knows how that feels at one level.
“I do know she will do it higher, however alternatively, I used to be simply saying to myself, ‘Focus. Keep right here till the tip. It might probably flip at any level.’ I used to be actually simply making an attempt to remain there till the very finish and actually battle.”
World primary Ash Barty will face American Coco Gauff afterward Wednesday whereas Greece’s Maria Sakkari takes on Shelby Rogers within the second spherical.