Fans and pundits alike expected a Polish player would compete in the semifinal of this year’s Australian Open – but possibly not an unseeded one. Magda Linette – and not women’s world No ...

Linette said she is backing herself in the quarter-final against another seed, former world number one Karolina Pliskova, if she can control her emotions. "It's very difficult.

Linette asserts authority against frequent rival Putintseva This was the ninth time Linette and Putintseva had faced each other in a rivalry stretching back to 2015, and the deepest in a tournament ...