Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka staged a “crazy comeback", saving four match points before beating Elena Rybakina 7-6, 3-6, 7-6 in the quarterfinals of the Berlin Open tennis tournament on Friday.

(Reuters) -World number one Aryna Sabalenka showed nerves of steel and champion's resolve to defeat Elena Rybakina 7-6(6) 3-6 7-6(6) in their Berlin Open quarter-final on Friday, saving four match points in the final-set tiebreak.

Today, Sabalenka will return to action and meet 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova. So far, they have met seven times and the Belarusian leads their head-to-head 4-3. Also, the current world No. 1 won their lone meeting on grass - which came in 's-Hertogenbosch in 2018.