The match lasted two hours and 46 minutes. Everything went very quickly until the conclusion was delayed for 31 dramatic minutes, during which fourteen balls of the match took place.
In difficulty, he took it in his eighth time (tenth in the overall fight), after winning six of the rival, the Russian. Anna Blinkova, who won 6-4, 4-6 and 7-6 (22-20) over who was one of the favorites of the tournament, the Kazakh Elena Rybakinafinalist in 2023, recent Brisbane tournament champion and world No. 3.
The stands went crazy following this ‘thriller’, which also ended on a record. It became the longest tiebreak in history at a Grand Slam.
42 points surpassed the 38 that the Ukrainian fought for Lesia Tsurenko and the Romanian Ana Bogdan at the last Wimbledon. Result 20-18, as in Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Andy Roddick at the 2017 Australian Open, although the latter was played using the old format, best of seven with two differences.
The new ‘supertiebreak’ is ten, with at least two away. This is the formula to break the match at 6-6 in the final set, for both women and men, and which is common in the four Grand Slam events, which decided to unify this aspect.
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“I will remember this for the rest of my life,” confessed an emotional Anna Blinkova, 25 years old and world number 57. He cried when he finished his work. He had a lot of running to stop the greatest power of his famous rival, the Wimbledon champion in 2022. It was worth it.
Source: La Verdad
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