Aryna Sabalenka was just two points from dropping the opening set of her second-round Wimbledon match three times on

The top-seeded women’s player and the two-time defending men’s champ win in straight sets as a record-tying 23 seeded players were bounced by the end of Day 2.

After being blown away by the world No 2 in the first set, the British qualifier competed gamely in a 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 defeat and an advert for a US university education