Sabalenka reaches the 2nd round in Tianjin

Aryna Sabalenka reaches the second round in Tianjin after battling for a couple of sets against the world no. 50 Sofia Kenin.

Aryna breezed past Sofia in the 3^rd round in Wuhan 6-3 6-3, but this time in Tianjin it was a completely different story. In fact, the Belarussian managed to win the opening set at the breaker after being 0-2 down in the set. Later Aryna had to concede he 2^nd set after another slow start (1-4). The world no.11 had finally a good run in the 3^rd set to bagel her opponent and win 7-6 (4) 4-6 6-0.

Sabalenka lost just 4 points in the last 5 games.

Next vs. Linette H2H

Aryna will face Magda Linette in the next round. They have never played against each other so far.