Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 20, 2022 Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka reacts during her second round match against China's Xinyu Wang REUTERS/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - World number two Aryna Sabalenka survived a complete service meltdown to rally for a 1-6 6-4 6-2 victory over Wang Xinyu and avoid joining an exodus of top women's seeds early on Thursday at the Australian Open.
Taking to court just after third seed Garbine Muguruza and sixth seed Anett Kontaveit had crashed out of the second round, Sabalenka looked to be going the same way when she double-faulted six times in her opening service game.
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