Like last year, tennis player Aryna Sabalenka reached the semi-finals of the US Open in New York. The Belarusian won her quarter-final match after a confident performance against the Czech Karolina Pliskova, who had been disappointing for a long time, 6: 1, 7: 6 (7: 4).

In the round of the best four players on Thursday, number six seeded Sabalenka will meet the winner of the subsequent quarter-final duel between world number one Iga Swiatek from Poland and American Jessica Pegula. The other semi-final pairing has already been determined: Tunisian Wimbledon finalist Ons Jabeur is up against Caroline Garcia from France.