WTA roundup: Ashleigh Barty, Aryna Sabalenka to meet in Madrid final

[ASFN Admin]

Top-seeded Ashleigh Barty and fifth-seeded Aryna Sabalenka traversed through their semifinal matches on Thursday to advance to the championship match of the Mutua Madrid Open. Barty recorded six aces while dispatching Spanish wildcard Paula Badosa 6-4, 6-3, while Sabalenka notched a 6-2, 6-3 triumph over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia. Saturday's clash will mark the second time in less than two weeks that Barty and Sabalenka will meet in a final.

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