The world number one had to battle hard to beat Denmark’s Clara Tauson 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 in the third round ... dogged her again in a roller coaster scrap that lasted more than two hours on Rod Laver ...

Sabalenka had been pushed in her two previous matches by Jessica Bouzas Maneiro and Clara Tauson ... but she lasted just 62 minutes on Rod Laver Arena as the top seed dished out similar treatment ...

The world No 1 had to battle hard to beat Denmark's Clara Tauson 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 in ... scrap that lasted more than two hours on Rod Laver Arena. "Conditions are pretty heavy for servers ...

MELBOURNE - Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka shrugged off a shaky display to fight her way into the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 victory over Clara Tauson on Jan 17.

The opening match on Rod Laver Arena on the sixth day of the championships was hardly vintage tennis, but Sabalenka came away unscathed after a 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 victory over Clara Tauson amid blazing ...

The sixth day of the Australian Open saw Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova advance to the fourth round. Aryna Sabalenka, Clara Tauson, Naomi Osaka, and Belinda Bencic competed on the prestigious Rod Laver ...

Sabalenka had been pushed in her two previous matches by Jessica Bouzas Maneiro and Clara Tauson ... but she lasted just 62 minutes on Rod Laver Arena as the top seed dished out similar treatment ...

Aryna Sabalenka said that there were many times she was "done" during her third-round victory over Clara Tauson at the Australian Open.