A stressful tiebreak Aryana rotates the path of Sabalenka.
The favorite found the net to give the hope of Redukanu at 4-4, but then snatched a forehand to regain the lead.
Belarusi made a big mistake with a pure approach, wide firing. He hit the net at the next rally to give the Redukanu set point.
What dare to wheel to wheel a test drop shot at that critical point – but it stopped.
Redukenka sets long to give the Sabalenka set point at 7-6 in Tybrek, and she takes it with a clever shot on the net.
But, my word, how he had to work for him.
A marathon 1hr 14min set ends.
