Tennis-Sabalenka crushes Gauff to book spot in Indian Wells semis

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - WTA 1000 - Dubai Tennis Championships - Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - February 23, 2023 Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka in action during her quarter final match against Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova REUTERS/Rula Rouhana

(Reuters) -Aryna Sabalenka put on a serving masterclass to crush American Coco Gauff 6-4 6-0 on Wednesday and reach the semi-finals at Indian Wells, where she will face seventh seed Maria Sakkari.

The Australian Open champion never faced a break point and used her hard and accurate serve to dispatch Gauff.