Ashleigh Barty has survived a scare to safely progress to the second round of the US Open in New York.
Australia’s world No.2 had to pull out all stops before battling past dogged Kazakh Zarina Diyas 1-6 6-3 6-2 on Monday.
Barty used her trusty trademark serve to drag herself out of a big hole and set up a date on Wednesday with either unseeded American Lauren Davis or Swedish qualifier Johanna Larsson.