World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus needed three hours and nine minutes to vanquish 30th seed Emma Raducanu 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (5) to advance to the fourth round of the Cincinnati Open on Monday in Mason, Ohio.

Sabalenka battled past Raducanu's 10 aces by winning 51 of her 65 first-service points (78.5 percent) as she wrapped up the fourth-longest match of her WTA career, according to the tour.

"Happy to get through this match," an exhausted Sabalenka said in her on-court interview. "I really hope I have a day tomorrow."

Sabalenka fell behind a break in the first set and had to rally to tie the set 6-6 before controlling the tiebreaker. In the third set, both players held serve throughout despite the eighth game featuring 13 deuces before Raducanu won.

Sabalenka was in a 2-1 hole in

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