Sabalenka fights back in miracle comeback against Kanepi to reach Third Round at US Open

Aryna Sabalenka produce an act of escapology to reach the third round of the 2022 US Open on Friday evening defeating Kaia Kanepi 2-6, 7-6, 6-4 but the scoreline didn't tell the full story.

Sabalenka, the sixth seed at Flushing Meadows was down 2-6, 1-5 and then faced two match points in the second set tie-break but somehow survived to force a decider.

In that decider, she took it 6-4 albeit bringing drama all the way until the conclusion with a ten minute final game featuring 2/10 double faults.

Relief was etched all over the face of the Belarusian as she sat on court at the conclusion and the 2021 semi-finalist will next face either Clara Burel or Alison van Uytvanck with the shocks being present in the WTA draw opening up another potential opportunity.