TENNIS

JOHANNA KONTA survived a scare against Aliaksandra Sasnovich to reach the third round of the Miami Open.

The British No. 1 (right) raced through the opening set but lost the second on the tiebreak before she recovered her composure to close out a 6-2 6-7 (5/7) 6-4 victory in two hours and 40 minutes.

Konta won five games-in-a-row on her way to comfortably wrapping up the first set. And she broke again after a brief rain delay to lead 4-2 and looked set for a relatively straightforward passage into round three.

However, Sasnovich rallied strongly and won the second set on a tie-break 7-5 to level the match.

Konta broke in the deciding set for a 3-2 lead and served out to wrap up victory in a testing encounter.