Former Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka lost after a tense match against WTA No. 102 Linda Noskova in the quarter-finals of the tournament in Adelaide.

Victoria Azarenka unexpectedly defeated Linda Noskova

The first set belonged to the player from the Czech Republic, who won 6-4. In the second set, 7-6, after a heated dispute, it came to a tie-break, which Azarenka easily won.

After 3 hours of play and another tied set, which also went to a tie-break, the Belarusian ended up losing 7-6, and Noskova is awaiting the result of the match between favorites Ons Jaber and Marta Kostiuk to find out her opponent in the semifinals of the competition.

In case of reaching the grand final, Linda Noskova can meet with Iryna Begu, who knocked out the fourth favorite Veronika Kudermetova in the quarter, and in the semi-final she will play with Arina Sabalenko.

WTA Adelaide 1 is part of the WTA 500 category, it is contested from January 1 to 8 on hard, has a total prize pool of $826,837, and the title champion is Karolina Pliskova (in 2020).