Aryna Sabalenka battled past Rebecca Sramkova 4-6 6-3 6-2 to reach the third round of the Wuhan Open.

Sabalenka was playing her first match since winning the US Open last month and looked far from her best early on as Sramkova came out flying only to be overpowered by the four-time Grand Slam champion, who is unbeaten in 18 Wuhan Open matches.

She will face Russia's Liudmila Samsonova in the next round on Thursday morning, live on Sky Sports Tennis .

"Rebecca played incredible tennis, especially in the first set. There wasn't much I could do," said Sabalenka.

"I knew after my little break [from tennis in the last month], it would not be easy to get back into my rhythm but I'm really glad in the second set I found my game and I stepped in and played really great."

Both players failed

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