<p>World No. 1 <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/italian-open-aryna-sabalenka-fends-off-elina-svitolina-to-seal-quarterfinals-spot-23349328" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Aryna Sabalenka</strong></a> swept into the quarter-finals at a scorching-hot <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/australian-open-bops-shuai-get-walkover-in-mixed-pre-quarters-23467962" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Australian Open</strong></a> on Sunday and was joined by Coco Gauff.</p>
<p>Double defending champion Sabalenka blew away Russian 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva 6-1, 6-2 in a ruthless display on the hottest day of the tournament so far.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>As temperatures hit 34 degrees Celsius (93 Fahrenheit) in Melbourne, Gauff dropped a set for the first time this season but fought back to beat Belinda Bencic 5-7, 6-2, 6-1.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Sabalenka and Gauff will meet in the semi-finals should they win their respective matches in the last eight. Belarus&rsquo; Sabalenka was out on a roasting centre court for only 62 minutes before registering an 18th consecutive win at Melbourne Park. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m super happy to get through this difficult match in straight sets,&rdquo; said Sabalenka, who faces Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova next.</p>
<p>World No. 3 Gauff next faces Spain&rsquo;s 11th seed Paula Badosa, who dismantled Serbia&rsquo;s Olga Danilovic 6-1, 7-6 (7/2).</p>
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