Sabalenka to ‘keep pushing’ in last eight

Aryna Sabalenka returns to USA’s Emma Navarro during their match in Paris yesterday. Pic/AFP

Aryna Sabalenka powered into a seventh consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final at the French Open on Monday with an impressive 6-2, 6-3 victory over American 22nd seed Emma Navarro.

Two-time Australian Open champion Sabalenka belted 36 winners past an overmatched Navarro to avenge her defeat by the 23-year-old at Indian Wells in March. Second seed Sabalenka, a semi-finalist in Paris in 2023, will take on France's Varvara Gracheva or 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva of Russia for a place in the last four.

"It sounds crazy to me, to be honest, and I'm super happy that I was able to bring this consistency on the Grand Slams," said Sabalenka.

"That's really amazing. It's motivating me a lot to keep pushing myself and to see where is the limit," she added.

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