LONDON : Aryna Sabalenka was back on her A-game on Saturday as she kept up her perfect record against Russian Anna Blinkova with a 6-2 6-3 victory in the third round of Wimbledon.A day after the Belarusian was left screaming in frustration as little-known Varvara Gracheva threatened to trample her Wimbled
LONDON : Aryna Sabalenka was back on her A-game on Saturday as she kept up her perfect record against Russian Anna Blinkova with a 6-2 6-3 victory in the third round of Wimbledon.
In a match between two players who were both barred from competing at the All England Club last year following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Sabalenka made her experience count against an opponent who has never reached the fourth round of a major. If Sabalenka thought Blinkova was holding up the white flag, she was sorely mistaken because in the very next game Blinkova gave the second seed the run around for over 14 minutes.
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