2021's Longest Matches
Marathon Marvels 2021: The longest matches of the year
Grass season is back, and has already seen Ajla Tomljanovic and Georgina García Pérez claim places in the 25 longest matches of the season to date.
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Sara Sorribes Tormo d. [WC] Camila Giorgi 7-6(4), 6-7(7), 7-5, Rome R1 (3h51m). Sorribes Tormo saved three set points in the first set and recovered from 0-4 in the third to win the 6th longest match in the Open Era.
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Irina-Camelia Begu d. [5] Johanna Konta 4-6, 7-6(10), 7-6(4), Gippsland Trophy R3 (3h33m). Begu saved two match points en route to her 13th Top 20 win, and first since 2018.
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Sara Sorribes Tormo d. Bernarda Pera 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, Abu Dhabi R2 (3h23m). The first of four matches over three hours in length that Sorribes Tormo has played in 2021.
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[7] Shelby Rogers d. Christina McHale 7-5, 6-7(6), 7-5, Strasbourg R1 (3h23m). Rogers missed a match point in the second-set tiebreak and in the decider let a 4-1 lead slip - but saved a match point down 4-5 and sealed victory on her second.
Photo by Internationaux de Strasbourg/C'est qui Maurice?/Michel Grasso
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Tamara Zidansek d. [6] Bianca Andreescu 6-7(1), 7-6(2), 9-7, Roland Garros R1 (3h20m). Zidansek was two points from losing when she trailed 4-5 in both sets two and three, but held on to score her first Top 10 win.
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[4] Yulia Putintseva d. Rebecca Peterson 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(2), Strasbourg R1 (3h20m). Putintseva's clay epics are frequently among each season's longest matches, and she fought back for this win despite Peterson twice serving for victory.
Photo by Internationaux de Strasbourg/C'est qui Maurice?/Michel Grasso
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Anastasia Potapova d. [6] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-6(2), 6-7(8), 6-4, Istanbul R1 (3h20m). An all-Russian first-time meeting spread over two days saw Potapova recover after losing a 5-3 lead and one match point in the second set.
Photo by Gökhan Taner
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Barbora Krejcikova d. [17] Maria Sakkari 7-5, 4-6, 9-7, Roland Garros SF (3h18m). The longest Roland Garros semifinal in the Open Era saw Krejcikova reach her first Grand Slam singles final, saving one match point before taking her fifth.
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[13] Marie Bouzkova d. [2] Bianca Andreescu 6-7(9), 6-2, 7-5, Phillip Island Trophy SF (3h17m). Bouzkova saved two match points to reach her second WTA final with her fourth career Top 10 win.
Photo by Tennis Australia/Luke Hemer
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Caty McNally d. Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-3, Gippsland Trophy R1 (3h16m). McNally was competing as an alternate, having lost in Australian Open qualifying.
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[LL] Georgina García Pérez d. [18] Christina McHale 6-7(7), 6-4, 7-5, Nottingham R2 (3h16m). This victory marked the first time that World No.184 García Pérez, 29, had won consecutive matches in a WTA main draw.
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[WC] Vera Zvonareva d. [3] Fiona Ferro 6-7(6), 7-5, 7-6(2), St. Petersburg R2 (3h10m). Zvonareva, 36, won the longest match in tournament history to reach her first WTA quarterfinal since St. Petersburg 2019.
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Ajla Tomljanovic d. [1] Elise Mertens 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 7-6(4), Birmingham R1 (3h9m). Tomljanovic saved a set point in the first set en route to her ninth career Top 20 win.
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Nao Hibino d. [5] Misaki Doi 7-5, 5-7, 6-6 ret., Charleston 250 R1 (3h9m). A rematch of the 2019 Hiroshima final, Hibino lost a 5-1 lead in the second set but saved five match points down 2-5 in the third before Doi retired due to muscle cramps.
Photo by MUSC Health Women's Open/Chris Smith
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Sara Sorribes Tormo d. Liudmila Samsonova 6-7(6), 6-1, 7-6(4), Phillip Island Trophy R1 (3h8m). Sorribes Tormo lost the first set from quadruple set point up in the tiebreak, but saved two match points serving down 4-5 in the decider.
Photo by Tennis Australia/Jonathan Di Maggio
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[Q] Anastasia Gasanova d. [5] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1-6, 7-6(8), 7-6(4), St. Petersburg R2 (3h8m). World No.241 Gasanova went over three hours on two days running to reach her first WTA quarterfinal, saving three match points in her second round.
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[Q] Anastasia Gasanova d. Katarina Zavatska 6-2, 6-7(6), 7-5, St. Petersburg R1 (3h4m). The previous day, Gasanova had missed a match point in the second set but eventually won the first of two three-hour epics on Day 3 of St. Petersburg.
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Bernarda Pera d. [16] Donna Vekic 7-6(10), 2-6, 6-4, Abu Dhabi R1 (3h4m). The first of back-to-back matches over three hours long for Pera in Abu Dhabi.
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Kirsten Flipkens d. Laura Siegemund 5-7, 7-5, 6-4, Abu Dhabi R1 (3h4m). Flipkens' third win over Siegemund in five meetings, but first at WTA level.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
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Daria Kasatkina d. [Q] Irina-Camelia Begu 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(1), Madrid R1 (3h1m). Kasatkina led 5-2, 40-0 in the third set but needed eight match points to close out the win, which was her seventh in a row over Begu.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
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[6] Wang Qiang d. [2] Petra Martic 7-6(4), 3-6, 7-5, Parma QF (3h0m). Wang came into Parma with a 4-11 record in 2021, but played brilliantly in this epic to reach her first semifinal since The Bronx 2019.
Photo by Marta Magni Images/MEF Tennis Events
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[3] Veronika Kudermetova d. Bernarda Pera 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(4), Istanbul R1 (3h0m). Kudermetova came back from 2-4, 0-40 in the third set to extend her winning streak to seven, while Pera's losing streak reached six.
Photo by Gökhan Taner
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Rebecca Peterson d. Shelby Rogers 6-7(3), 7-6(8), 6-2, Roland Garros R1 (3h0m). Peterson came from 2-5 down in the second set and saved three match points to post her first Grand Slam victory since the 2019 US Open.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
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Mihaela Buzarnescu d. CoCo Vandeweghe 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 6-2, Guadalajara R1 (2h59m). Buzarnescu's first WTA main draw win since reaching the 2019 Hiroshima semifinals.
Photo by Imagen Shop/Abierto Zapopan
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