Aryna ‌Sabalenka beats Karolina Muchova to reach Brisbane Open final where she will defend title against Marta Kostyuk.

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Defending champion Aryna ‌Sabalenka outclassed Karolina Muchova to seal a 6-3 6-4 win at the Brisbane International and reach the ‍final of the Australian Open tune-up tournament for the third straight year.

In Sunday’s title clash, the Belarusian will face Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, who cruised past world number six Jessica Pegula 6-0 6-3 for her third straight top-10 win after also defeating Amanda Anisimova and ⁠Mirra Andreeva in her last two rounds.