Australian Open
Belinda Bencic conquers Jelena Ostapenko's 'Russian roulette' in victorious Grand Slam return
The Swiss eliminated the No. 16 seed, 6-3, 7-6 (6), at the Australian Open on Monday.
The reigning Wimbledon champions saved a match point and edged an opening victory in a match tiebreak 3-6, 6-3, [11-9].
The two hit 17 double faults apiece, before the Canadian emerged victorious in a final-set tiebreaker Thursday.
The 28-year-old lucky loser routed No. 4 seed Jelena Ostapenko, 6-2, 6-1.