Aryna Sabalenka overcomes wobble against qualifier to ease into second round

World No 1 is broken when serving for the match before prevailing French Open finalist Maja Chwalinska slips up on verge of victory When Aryna Sabalenka was broken as she served for victory in the first round, she allowed herself a wry smile. The world No 1’s mind, no doubt, will have raced straight back to Paris this month, where she led the Russian Diana Shnaider 6-3, 4-1 in their quarter-final only to lose 10 games in a row as she went out . Any negative thoughts were quickly put out of the Belarusian’s head, though, as she broke the Serbian qualifier Teodora Kostovic in the next game here to win 6-2, 6-3, a solid start as she tries to win Wimbledon for the first time. “For the first match I feel pretty good,” Sabalenka said. Continue reading...