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Australian Open 2023: Magda Linette shocks Caroline Garcia, Aryna Sabalenka through

Magda Linette reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final at the age of 30 with a shock defeat of fourth seed Caroline Garcia at the Australian Open.

Poland's Linette, ranked 45th in the world, won 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 against France's Garcia, who became the latest seed to fall in Melbourne.

She had never before progressed past the third round of a major.

"I don't really believe it," said Linette, who will face Karolina Pliskova in the last eight.

"I don't know what happened. I'm speechless, really. I don't know what to say.

"But I don't want to say I didn't expect it, because coming on the court I was confident in how well I'm playing.