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 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

This was Paula Badosa's best-ever run at a Grand Slam, with the Spaniard having previously fallen in the quarter-finals at the 2021 French Open and last year's US Open

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.

Coco Gauff's retooled forehand and serve abandoned her in the worst way and at the worst time at the Australian Open. The unforced errors just kept accumulating Tuesday, and so did the double-faults and break points,

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.

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

Jannik Sinner shouts Stefanos Tsitsipas' sister Elisavet reacts to his girlfriend Paula Badosa's latest selfies in all-black as couple leave for Australia Stefanos Tsitsipas' sister Elisavet ...

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.