VIDEO SHOWS: WTA 500 BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL QUARTERFINALS HIGHLIGHTS – WINS FOR ARYNA SABALENKA, JESSICA PEGULA / ELENA RYBAKINA, MADISON KEYS EXIT COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA (JANUARY 9, 2026) (WTA/DAZN – See restrictions) ARYNA SABALENKA (BELARUS/ YELLOW TOP) V MADISON KEYS (USA/ PALE GREEN TOP ) 1. COIN TOSS FIRST SET 2. MADISON KEYS RESPONDING TO ARYNA SABALENKA’S DROPSHOT WITH A WINNER 3. DOUBLEHANDED BACKHAND VOLLEY WINNER BY SABALENKA 4. SABALENKA FORCES BACKHAND ERROR FROM KEYS BY APPROACHING NET TO CLINCH SET 5. SABALENKA'S TEAM CHEERING SECOND SET 6. SABALENKA WINNING POINT WITH BACKHAND VOLLEY 7. SABALENKA WINS MATCH AFTER BACKHAND RETURN ERROR FROM KEYS 8. PLAYERS WALKING TO THE NET AND SHAKING HANDS 9. SABALENKA WAVING TO CROWD ELENA RYBAKINA (KAZAKHSTAN / PURPLE) V KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZECH REPUBLIC / LAVENDER TOP) FIRST SET 10. KAROLINA MUCHOVA WINNING POINT WITH A FOREHAND LOB SECOND SET 11. ELENA RYBAKINA WINNING POINT WITH BACKHAND LOB THIRD SET 12. MUCHOVA CELEBRATING AFTER BACKHAND RETURN WINNER 13. MUCHOVA SEALS GAME WITH FOREHAND WINNER 14. MUCHOVA CELEBRATING / RYBAKINA WALKING BACK DISAPPOINTED 15. PLAYERS SHAKE HANDS AT NET AND WITH CHAIR UMPIRE 16. MUCHOVA HITTING BALL TO THE CROWD AND CELEBRATING JESSICA PEGULA (USA/BLACK DRESS) V LIUDMILA SAMSONOVA (WHITE CAP) SECOND SET TIE-BREAKER 17. JESSICA PEGULA SETS UP MATCH POINT WITH FOREHAND WINNER 18. PEGULA WINS MATCH WITH BACKHAND RETURN WINNER 19. PLAYERS SHAKE HANDS AT NET 20. PEGULA WAVING TO CROWD MIRRA ANDREEVA (RUSSIA/GREEN TOP) V MARTA KOSTYUK (UKRAINE/RED TOP) FIRST SET 21. CROSS COURT FOREHAND WINNER BY KOSTYUK 22. BACKHAND WINNER BY KOSTYUK TO TAKE FIRST SET IN TIEBREAK 23. FANS WAVING UKRAINE FLAGS SECOND SET 23. KOSTYUK VOLLEY TO WIN POINT 24. KOSTYUK WINS MATCH 25. KOSTYUK CELEBRATES 26. PLAYERS SHAKE HANDS WITH UMPIRE 27. KOSTYUK WAVES TO CROWD STORY: World number one Aryna Sabalenka registered a straight sets victory over Madison Keys to progress to the semifinals of the Brisbane International on Friday (January 9). In a rematch of the 2025 Australian Open final, the Belarusian top seed showcased both hard-hitting from the baseline combined with net approaches to defeat Keys 6-3, 6-3. Sabalenka will meet Czech Republic’s Karolina Muchova in the last four clash. Muchova snapped Elena Rybakina's 13-match winning streak in three sets, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. Later in the day, USA's Jessica Pegula defeated Liudmila Samsonova 6-3, 7-6 to book a semi-final berth against Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk, who came out on top of Russia's Mirra Andreeva 7-6(7), 6-3. (Production: Bhagya Ayyavoo)
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