Sabalenka survives second set scare to beat Kessler and book third round spot

[p]The four-time Grand Slam champion, who has reached 14 successive major quarter-finals, won [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/kessler-m-dMopwFzs/sabalenka-a-vyhksgUB/?mid=tl49Wf8E"]6-1, 7-6 (11/9)[/a] on Court One to secure a last-32 meeting with former French Open winner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ostapenko-jelena/Gloq9MUN/"]Jelena Ostapenko[/a].[/p][p][b]"That was a true battle and I'm super happy that I was able to stay in that second set to get into that tie-break,"[/b] said [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sabalenka-aryna/vyhksgUB/"]Sabalenka[/a].[/p][p]"She really tested me and I'm super happy to pass the test."[/p][embed guid="b2687b1f-b5e3-4ae3-a0d5-b42ea105a509" url="https://x.com/Wimbledon/status/2072316675593031735" social-type="twitter" /][p]Sabalenka has never won Wimbledon, losing in the semi-finals on each of her past three visits.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kessler-mccartney/dMopwFzs/"]Kessler[/a] missed two set points when serving for the second set at 5-3 ahead, before Sabalenka fought back and took a tie-break, in which her 57th-ranked opponent saw another two set points come and go.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="dcbd9361-81b2-4247-8587-c562508499bb" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="2ecd0762-b89f-4991-adcf-090fccb9440f" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /]