Australian Open 2025 - women's semi-finals
Date: 23 January Venue: Melbourne Park Time: 08:30 GMT
Coverage: Live radio commentary on Tennis Breakfast on BBC 5 Sports Extra, plus live text commentaries on the BBC Sport website and app
Seeing a friendly face is supposed to be a good thing.
Yet when Aryna Sabalenka and Paula Badosa take to the court for their Australian Open semi-final on Thursday, it may only add to the pressure.
The pair are close friends with Sabalenka going so far as to call Badosa her "soulmate" in Stuttgart last year.