The 28-year-old recorded 21 winners to just eight unforced errors in a masterful counterpunching effort that she needed to counteract the Belgian's total of 36 winners and 38 unforced errors.
All the top 10 seeded women in Australian Open 2020 sealed their spots in the third round of the competition on Thursday.
Angelique Kerber, Simona Halep, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Garbine Muguruza, Karolina Pliskova all moved to round two of Australian Open 2020 while Mari Sharapova was eliminated in her opener.
In the semifinals, Pliskova will take on top-ranked Ash Barty — Australia's first female year-end No. 1.
Simona Halep saved a match point before beating Bianca Andreescu 3-6, 7-6, 6-3 while Elina Svitolina defeated Karolina Pliskova 7-6, 6-4.
Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has confirmed her participation in the upcoming China Open.
Former World No.1 Simona Halep faced an upset as qualifier Taylor Townsend defeated her in the second round.
Simona Halep achieved rank four with 5933 points in the table led by Australia's Ashleigh Barty with 6605 points.
Simona Halep beat Serena Williams 6-2, 6-2 on Centre Court for her second major title.
It'll be the 11th final at the All England Club for Williams and the first for Halep, whose only major trophy came at the French Open last year.
Anisimova is the youngest American woman into the final four at Roland Garros since Jennifer Capriati was 14 in 1990.
Five times just two points from defeat in a swirling wind, Osaka held it together enough to overcome all of those miscues and stretch her winning streak at majors to 15 matches by beating Schmiedlova.
Roger Federer returns to the French Open for the first time since 2015. He missed the 2016 tournament because of back issues, ending his record streak of 65 consecutive appearances at major tournaments.
Asked who would end up winning most number of titles in men's singles, Sanchez said it is difficult for her to pick one because Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are great players and equally competent.
There still has not been a repeat champion this year among the men or women.
The day's winners were Federer, Shapovalov, Barty, Pliskova and the rain.
The fourth-seeded Stephens committed 32 unforced errors while Voegele had four aces playing in windy conditions in the Southern California desert.
Serena Williams defeated Simona Halep 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 in round four of the Australian Open.
Halep reached the final in Australia last year after saving match points in the third round and again in the semifinals, but lost the championship match to Caroline Wozniacki.
Halep reeled off the last four games, and 13 of the final 15 points, to come back and beat Kaia Kanepi 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-2.
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