Jan 27, Kathmandu:  Elina Rabakina of Kazakhstan and Eryna Sabalenka of Belarus will fight for the title of Australian Open tennis women.

Rabakina defeated Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 7-6 and 6-3 in the women's singles semi-final on Thursday. Sabalenka also reached the final after defeating Poland's Magda Linet 7-6 and 6-2 in the other women's singles semifinal match.

The final match will be held on Saturday. Similarly, Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Tommy Paul of America and Karen Khachanov of Russia, and Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece will meet in the men's semi-finals of the Australian Open on Friday.