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The World No. 2 fell behind a break in the
second set and couldn't catch up, but once she was ahead 4-3 in
the third set, she won the crucial eighth game on Linette's
serve to take control for good.
"She's a tough opponent," Sabalenka said post-match. "I've
played a couple matches against her and they've always been
tough battles. There were some ups and downs but I'm happy I was
able to close this match and get through to another one."
Sabalenka's next opponent will be teenager Robin Montgomery, who
stunned No. 26 seed Katie Boulter of Great Britain 1-6, 6-3,
6-4.
No. 4 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan eased past Italy's Lucia
Bronzetti 6-4, 6-3, while No. 7 Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech
Republic beat Shelby Rogers 6-1, 6-3. No. 10 Daria Kasatkina of
Russia outlasted Cristina Bucsa of Spain 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3.
No. 12 Jasmine Paolini of Italy nearly had a double bagel,
settling instead for a 6-0, 6-1 win over 18-year-old Victoria
Jimenez Kasintseva of Andorra in 59 minutes.
Another teenager had better luck, though. In an all-teen battle,
Russia's Mirra Andreeva rallied past No. 29 seed Linda Noskova
of the Czech Republic 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Andreeva is just 16, while
Noskova is 19.
"I just tried to keep playing my game, keep playing aggressive
because it was a bit tough after the first set," Andreeva told
Tennis Channel. "I had a lot of game points; I was up with a
break, serving, and then I lost the set, so that was a bit hard.
"I'm trying to play using my brain. I'm not trying to hit every
ball as hard as I can."
No. 13 Danielle Collins emerged on her sixth match point of a
third-set tiebreaker to defeat Servia's Olga Danilovic 4-6, 6-4,
7-6 (8). The win is Collins' career-best 14th in a row.
Other winners included No. 20 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of
Russia, No. 21 Caroline Garcia of France, Sara Bejlek of the
Czech Republic, Jaqueline Cristian of Romania, Mayar Sherif of
Egypt, Caroline Dolehide and Ashlyn Krueger.
No. 6 seed Qinwen Zheng of China was forced to retire while down
7-5, 2-0 to Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva.
--Field Level Media
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