Sabalenka suffered a critical double fault when serving for the match at 8-7, and laughed off the error. But perhaps that positivity was just the trick she needed; her forehands down the line that had been missing earlier in the set finally began to work their magic in the nick of time for her to seal a hard-fought victory.
"It's funny, isn't it? Sometimes you just need to smile and relax your body. I couldn't get angry [at] myself," Sabalenka said of her double-fault after the match.
World no. 1 Ashleigh Barty had an easier time in her meeting with Sofia Kenin of the United States, firing off seven aces - five in the first set - in a 6-3, 7-5 victory.
Although it was not as touch and go as her fight against Caroline Garcia yesterday, Barty was shaky out of the gate on her forehand, suffering four straight errors. But she managed to warm up and slice her way to a quick half-hour victory in the first set.
The second was more of a see-saw, with the two players trading breaks at the outset and then holding to 3-4 for Kenin, who then broke Barty to go one up. Barty responded by breaking her opponent twice more, including saving a set point, to round out the straight-set win.
Barty now faces a quarterfinal tie against Petra Martic, after the Croatian made short work of Veronika Kudermetova, defeating the Russian 6-3, 6-1 in under one hour.
Next up on center court, No. 3 Elina Svitolina logged a clinical win over Russian qualifier Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-4, 6-2.
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