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Melbourne, Australia – Petra Kvitova, a leading No. 8 seed, pushed up the pressure against No. 15 seed Ashleigh Barty in the second quarter-final of the Australian Open, qualifying for all four last of a major for the first time in almost five years 6-1, 6-4 in one hour and eight minutes.
The result ensures that Simona Halep will be named world No. 1 next week: Kvitova has now overtaken Romania's points total, while Naomi Osaka, Elina Svitolina and Karolina Pliskova both have a mathematical chance to double her.
The Czech has won six titles at the top of the Tour in the past 12 months, including two weeks ago in Sydney, where she beat Barty in a clbadic final 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (3). However, after reaching five Grand Slam semifinals or better in five years between Wimbledon 2010 and Wimbledon 2014 – including a previous appearance in Melbourne in 2012 – she had failed to reach this stage in the five years that followed his second major title. at the championships in 2014.
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