Adelaide, Jan 7 (IANS) Aryna Sabalenka has marched into her first final on Australian soil without conceding a set, denying Irina-Camelia Begu at the Adelaide International on Saturday.After a slow start to her campaign, the second seed has quickly rediscovered the shot-making brilliance which carried her past the world's top three women to a runner-up finish at last year's WTA Finals.As temperatures climbed above 30 degrees Celsius, the 24-year-old was pleased to wrap up the job in 78 minutes, restricting Begu to a 6-3, 6-2 scoreline."Yeah I'm happy with the level I played today, especially with (Begu's) different game," Sabalenka was quoted as saying by adelaideinternational.com.au. "She's playing a little bit, like, a different style, so I'm super happy that I'm able to win this match."Sabalenka's best finish last year was a runner-up showing at the WTA Finals to Caroline Garcia, having beaten No.1 Iga Swiatek, No.2 Ons Jabeur and No.3 Jessica Pegula.She will meet either top seed Jabeur or 18-year-old Czech Linda Noskova for the chance to collect her first title since beating Ash Barty in the Madrid final in May 2021."I mean either way it's going to be a tough match," Sabalenka. "Both of them are playing really great tennis this week. I saw a couple of match of both."It's going to be great but I'm really looking forward to this final."
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