World No.5 Aryna Sabalenka has scored another straight-sets victory to storm into the Australian Open third round at Melbourne Park
Russian shows drastically improved service gamePhotograph: Andy Cheung/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Andy Cheung/Getty ImagesWithout a single double-fault, Aryna Sabalenka has served up her biggest warning yet to herrivals. The world No 5 continued her flawless start to the summer to roar into the third round at Melbourne Park with a 6-1, 6-3 trouncing of dangerous American Shelby Rogers on Thursday.
Much more tellingly than the three aces Sabalenka fired down and the loss of only one service game was the 25-year-old’s effort in not coughing up a single double fault. So to say the fifth seed was over the moon with the improvement in what was arguably women’s tennis’s greatest Achilles heel would be an understatement.
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