MELBOURNE: Anna Blinkova saved six match points and converted on her 10th opportunity to put out last year's runner-up Elena Rybakina in a titanic second-round clash of the Australian Open.
Blinkova, 25, topped the inform Rybakina 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (22-20) when the third-seeded Kazakh sent a two-hander wide after two hours and 46 minutes.
