Brisbane: Aryna Sabalenka survives Yulia Putintseva challenge in very tight battle

Aryna Sabalenka has just sealed a spot in the Brisbane International with a straight-set 7-6 (2) 6-4 win but it was all but an easy job for the world No. 1 at the office against Yulia Putintseva. Throughout the entire match, it was a tight battle and the match could have easily gone in a completely direction had the world 29th-ranked Kazakh managed to close out the first set when she was two points away from sealing it.In the end, Sabalenka managed to avoid a shock loss and get the job done