Sabalenka 'finds way out' with final-set escape against Pavlyuchenkova

Australian Open champion was break down in third set Survives to secure 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 win and reach semi-final After coming as close to defeat in Melbourne as she has for three long years, trailing by a break in the nerve-racking final set of her quarter-final match, Aryna Sabalenka drew on her unshakable mental toughness to find a way through to the semi-finals of the Australian Open with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 win over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. With an important victory, Sabalenka, the No 1 seed and ...