Rennae and our cultural attaché Andrea Petkovic are in Melbourne and bringing us daily dispatches from the AO—international scheduling considerations mean late nights for the women's semis, and our intrepid and sleep-deprived correspondents were up all night calling em. First the high-quality US-Open-Final rematch between Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff, then we celebrate Zheng Qinwen's mentally tough celebration—and her stats as a great frontrunner—and applaud a tremendous effort from Dayana Yastremska to come out firing despite coming through qualies past 7,000 opponents. From battling through period cramps to the silhouette test, it's a great time for women's tennis!

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