Sabalenka 4-4* Anisimova

Yes, as Nancy mentioned — new balls for Aryna Sabalenka’s next service game prompts Anisimova, who forgot to get a new racket out for the occasion.

Apparently it is a reset on the racket tension that a player would like, to mirror the fresh balls — and that makes sense.

The minor delay is followed by Anisimova getting a look at 15-30, but Sabalenka is still finding the shots to recover these situations. It’s clearly frustrating Anisimova too. It will be interesting to see how she channels that.

Sabalenka holds as Anisimova is into the net and we remain on serve at 4-4 in the first set.