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BBC Sport · Jan 25

Jovic sets up Sabalenka quarter-final in Melbourne

Image caption, Iva Jovic won her first WTA title at the Guadalajara Open in September, aged 17Teenager Iva Jovic says she is "really excited" to test herself against "the best" after booking a maiden Grand Slam quarter-final against world number one Aryna Sabalenka at the Australian Open.

American Jovic, who turned 18 in December, dropped only one game in a convincing 6-0 6-1 win against Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva.

Earlier on Sunday, two-time Australian Open champion Sabalenka defeated another of tennis' rising stars - 19-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko - 6-1 7-6 (7-1) on Rod Laver Arena.

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