The Belarusian beat the Swiss Belinda Bencic in two sets: 7:5, 6:2. Prior to this, the fifth and tenth rackets of the world have never played at this stage of the Australian Open. In the quarter-final, Sabalenka's rival will be the winner of the match between Donna Vekic (Croatia) and Linda Frukhvirtova (Czech Republic). The day before, Belarusian Victoria Azarenka also reached the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam tournament.