Aryna Sabalenka overpowers Elina Svitolina to reach Australian Open final‎

MELBOURNE, Australia — Aryna Sabalenka was always going to end up in the final of another Grand Slam. Thursday night in Melbourne, Sabalenka, the the world No. 1, cruised through Elina Svitolina of Ukraine in the Australian Open semifinal, spoiling Svitolina’s quest to boost morale back home with a 6-2, 6-x win that was as emphatic as it was predictable. That is no slight on Svitolina, even if she was off her best form in the cool, still air of the Melbourne Park evening. With the win, Sabalenka