Sabalenka makes victorious start at Australian Open

Aryna Sabalenka had a difficult starting victory at the first Grand Slam tournament of the season at the Australian Open. In the first round the Belarusian defeated the hostess of the court - 128th racket of the world Storm Sanders in 2 hours and 4 minutes. Having lost the first set 5:7, in the second one Aryna was yielding 1:3, but managed to reverse the course of the match - won five games in a row, taking the second set and in the third set to win it 6:2. In the next round Aryna will fight with Wang Xinyu of China, and tomorrow at about 15.00 (Minsk time) Victoria Azarenka will play in the second round of the major against Jil Teichmann.