{"id":31302,"date":"2025-01-23T11:23:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T11:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/23\/australian-open-semi-finals-madison-keys-v-iga-swiatek-sabalenka-beats-badosa-live\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T11:23:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T11:23:17","slug":"australian-open-semi-finals-madison-keys-v-iga-swiatek-sabalenka-beats-badosa-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/23\/australian-open-semi-finals-madison-keys-v-iga-swiatek-sabalenka-beats-badosa-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open semi-finals: Madison Keys v Iga Swiatek; Sabalenka beats Badosa \u2013 live"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Aryna Sabalenka beats Paula Badosa to reach the final<\/li>\n<li>Get in touch! Email <a href=\"mailto:daniel.harris.casual@theguardian.com\">Daniel Harris with your thoughts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sabalenka 0-1 Badosa* (denotes server) <\/strong>A big service-winner down the T makes 15-all, but Sabalenka takes control of the next point with a booming forehand return, cleaning up with with another down the line Then, facing a second serve, she steps in a little and starts thwacking \u2026 but just when15-40 seems a matter of time, a backhand on the stretch and on to the line hauls Badosa back into the point and eventually the error comes; 30-all. But a double presents break point; another service-winner confiscates it, and so far, the underdog is coping with the pressure well, as I type spanking an ace down the T for advantage. And though she oughtn\u2019t win the next rally, Sabalenka in at the net and unable to finish, she makes her opponent play enough balls such that the error comes. Badosa is into this!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Badosa to serve and ready<\/strong> \u2026 play.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2025\/jan\/23\/australian-open-2025-tennis-sabalenka-v-badosa-keys-v-swiatek-in-semi-finals-live\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aryna Sabalenka beats Paula Badosa to reach the final Get in touch! Email Daniel Harris with your thoughts Sabalenka 0-1 Badosa* (denotes server) A big service-winner down the T makes 15-all, but Sabalenka takes control of the next point with a booming forehand return, cleaning up with with another down the line Then, facing a &#8230; <a title=\"Australian Open semi-finals: Madison Keys v Iga Swiatek; Sabalenka beats Badosa \u2013 live\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/23\/australian-open-semi-finals-madison-keys-v-iga-swiatek-sabalenka-beats-badosa-live\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Australian Open semi-finals: Madison Keys v Iga Swiatek; Sabalenka beats Badosa \u2013 live\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}