Aryna Sabalenka was ready to book tickets home before quarter-final comeback

Aryna Sabalenka beat Laura Siegemund in three sets (Ben Whitley/PA)

Top seed and title favourite Aryna Sabalenka was ready to book her ticket home after staring down the barrel of a major Wimbledon shock.

The runaway world number one and three-time grand slam champion had not dropped a set on her way to the quarter-finals.