Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka fought through a three-hour battle to hold off an inspired Emma Raducanu 7-6 (7/3), 4-6, 7-6 (7/5) on Monday and reach the fourth round of the Cincinnati Open.

Emma Raducanu, for the first time in her career, won a set against Aryna Sabalenka. In a closely contested battle that lasted for three hours and nine minutes in the third round of the Cincinnati Masters,

In a match that tested nerves, stamina, and sheer willpower, top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka outlasted Britain’s Emma Raducanu in a dramatic