2022's Longest Matches
Marathon Marvels 2022: All this year's three-hour matches
The third round of Toronto saw Coco Gauff and Beatriz Haddad Maia post the 38th and 39th WTA main draw matches of 2022 to clock in at three hours or more.
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Lesia Tsurenko d. Kamilla Rakhimova 6-7(1), 6-4, 7-5, Budapest R2 (3:53). Tsurenko saved one match point at 4-5 in the decider to win the longest match of 2022 so far, and seventh-longest of the Open Era.
Photo by Mathias Schulz/WTA
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[SR] Daria Saville d. [1] Emma Raducanu 5-7, 7-6(4), 4-3 ret., Guadalajara R1 (3:36). Former World No.20 Saville, on the comeback trail and contesting her 10th tournament since 2019, trailed 7-5, 5-3 before Raducanu retired due to a hip injury.
Photo by Abierto Zapopan
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Sara Sorribes Tormo d. [Q] Claire Liu 7-6(4), 2-6, 7-6(5), Toronto R1 (3:33). Sorribes Tormo came from 4-1 down in the decider to win her sixth three-hour-plus match of 2022, sealing match point with a serve-and-volley.
Photo by Julian Avram/Getty Images
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Heather Watson d. Arantxa Rus 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-4, Miami R1 (3:26). Watson led 5-3 in the first set and came from 4-1 down in the second set to win her first Miami match since 2016.
Photo by Aaron Gilbert/Getty Images
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Beatriz Haddad Maia d. Marie Bouzkova 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(7), Monterrey QF (3:22). Haddad Maia saved three match points to reach her first WTA semifinal since Bogota 2019.
Photo by Abierto GNP Seguros
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[4] Sara Sorribes Tormo d. Ana Bogdan 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, Palermo R1 (3:19). Sorribes Tormo trailed by a set and 3-0, but came back to notch her fourth win in five meetings over Bogdan.
Photo by 33rd Palermo Ladies Open
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[23] Jil Teichmann d. [15] Victoria Azarenka 4-6, 7-5, 7-6[5], Roland Garros R3 (3:18). Teichmann trailed by a break in both sets two and three but recovered to reach her first Grand Slam second week.
Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images
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[2] Angelique Kerber d. Kaja Juvan 7-6(5), 6-7(0), 7-6(5), Strasbourg F (3:16). Kerber had only won two matches in 2022 prior to Strasbourg, but sealed her 14th title and fourth on clay in the longest final of the year so far.
Photo by Olivier Renaud/Internationaux de Strasbourg
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[24] Elise Mertens d. Panna Udvardy 3-6, 7-6(5), 7-5, Wimbledon R2 (3:15). Mertens reached her 18th consecutive Grand Slam third round after saving two match points in the second set, then returning to win the decider the following day.
Photo by Benoit Doppagne/Getty Images
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[6] Irina-Camelia Begu d. [4] Sara Sorribes Tormo 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, Palermo SF (3:12). Begu posted her second three-set clay-court win in as many meetings with Sorribes Tormo, and the late-night victory put the Romanian into her ninth career final.
Photo by 33rd Palermo Ladies Open
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Harmony Tan d. [WC] Serena Williams 7-5, 1-6, 7-6[7], Wimbledon R1 (3:11). Tan won a late-evening thriller on Centre Court over the seven-time champion, recovering after missing a match point at 6-5 in set three and going 4-0 down in the match tiebreak.
Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
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[10] Coco Gauff d. [6] Aryna Sabalenka 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(4), Toronto R3 (3:11). Gauff led 3-0 in set two, but had to come back from 3-0 down in set three before winning the first match of her career to go over three hours.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
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Marta Kostyuk d. Maryna Zanevska 6-7(5), 7-6(6), 7-5, Indian Wells R1 (3:09). Kostyuk saved two match points en route to winning an emotional match between two Ukrainian-born players.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
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[Q] Eva Lys d. Viktorija Golubic 5-7, 7-5, 7-5, Stuttgart R1 (3:09). Originally a qualifying wildcard, Lys scored her first Top 50 win on her WTA main draw debut despite Golubic going up break three times in set two and serving for the match in set three.
Photo by Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
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Danka Kovinic d. [Q] Jang Su-Jeong 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, Australian Open R1 (3:09). Kovinic went on to become the first Montenegrin in history to reach the third round of a major.
Photo by Martin Keep/Getty Images
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Magda Linette d. [17] Alison Riske 6-7(3), 6-3, 7-6(4), Eastbourne R2 (3:09). Linette's second straight win over Riske since Feb. 2022, having lost all five of her meetings with the American prior to that.
Photo by Sebastian Frej/Getty Images
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Daria Saville d. [Q] Mirjam Bjorklund 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(4), Washington R1 (3:09). Saville came from an early break down in the decider to score her second three-hour victory of 2022.
Photo by Paul Staples/Citi Open
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[8] Belinda Bencic d. [2] Maria Sakkari 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-4, Berlin SF (3:07). Bencic lost the first set from set point up, but recovered to reach her 15th career final and second of 2022.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
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Jasmine Paolini d. [8] Nuria Parrizas Diaz 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-2, Palermo QF (3:06). Paolini fought off two match points in the second set before collecting the victory in her home country.
Photo by 33rd Palermo Ladies Open
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[Q] Yulia Putintseva d. [Q] Kaja Juvan 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, Rome R1 (3:06). Putintseva needed six set points to win the first set and saved double match point serving at 4-5 in the third set.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
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[4] Sara Sorribes Tormo d. Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, Melbourne 2 R1 (3:06). The first of six matches over three hours long that Sorribes Tormo has played in 2022 so far.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
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[WC] Dayana Yastremska d. Ana Bogdan 3-6, 7-6(7), 7-6(7), Lyon R1 (3:05). Four days after fleeing the war in Ukraine, Yastremska saved two match points to win this epic - and went on to reach the Lyon final.
Photo by Alexandre Hergott/Open 6ème Sens - Métropole de Lyon
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Magdalena Frech d. [WC] Renata Zarazua 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-4, Guadalajara R1 (3:04). A reprise of the 2021 Concord 125 final, and Frech's third win in as many meetings with Zarazua.
Photo by Abierto Zapopan
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Ekaterina Alexandrova d. [Q] Marie Bouzkova 6-7(4), 6-0, 7-5, Madrid R3 (3:04). Alexandrova missed three match points at 5-3 in the third set and a fourth at 5-4, but sealed her fifth to reach the first WTA 1000 quarterfinal of her career.
Photo by Jose Manuel Alvarez/Getty Images
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[1] Maria Sakkari d. Irina-Camelia Begu 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-4, St. Petersburg SF (3:04). Sakkari came from 2-0 down in the third set to reach her fourth career final.
Photo by Formula TX
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[1] Iga Swiatek d. Liudmila Samsonova 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-5, Stuttgart SF (3:03). Samsonova snapped Swiatek's 28-set streak, the joint-second longest this century, but the World No.1 fought back to extend her match-winning streak to 22.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
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[4] Sara Sorribes Tormo d. Kamilla Rakhimova 7-5, 6-7(2), 6-1, Monterrey R1 (3:03). Sorribes Tormo let a 4-1 second-set lead slip, but avenged her defeat by Rakhimova a month previously at Melbourne 2.
Photo by Abierto GNP Seguros
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Kamilla Rakhimova d. [7] Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-3, Budapest R1 (3:03). Rakhimova served for the win and held her first match point at 5-4 in the second set, but ultimately needed a decider to seal her sixth Top 100 win of 2022.
Photo by Mathias Schulz/WTA
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[6] Nuria Parrizas Diaz d. [4] Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, Monterrey QF (3:02). Parrizas Diaz posted her first Top 50 win to reach her first WTA semifinal at the age of 30.
Photo by Abierto GNP Seguros
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Jil Teichmann d. Elena Rybakina 6-7(3), 6-3, 7-5, Rome R3 (3:02). Teichmann had beaten Rybakina 6-3, 6-1 in 77 minutes at the same stage of Madrid a week previously, and reprised the win to reach her fourth WTA 1000 quarterfinal.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
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[Q] Wang Qiang d. Magda Linette 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-4, Prague QF (3:02). Wang bounced back after losing a 3-0 second-set lead to reach her second semifinal of 2022.
Photo by Daniel Gravis/WTA
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[7] Iga Swiatek d. Kaia Kanepi 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-3, Australian Open QF (3:01). Swiatek won her longest Grand Slam match to date to reach her second major semifinal.
Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images
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Kaia Kanepi d. Shelby Rogers 6-7(2), 7-5, 6-2, Charleston R1 (3:01). Kanepi took a 2-1 head-to-head lead over Rogers with this result, having last defeated the American eight years previously at the Contrexéville ITF W100 in 2014.
Photo by Charleston Tennis LLC/Chris Smith
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[WC] Simona Waltert d. [1] Danielle Collins 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(6), Lausanne R1 (3:01). No.186-ranked Waltert, 21, scored her first Top 10 win in her third WTA main draw, saving triple match point in the deciding tiebreak.
Photo by Michel Grasso
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Aliaksandra Sasnovich d. Irina-Camelia Begu 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-4, Miami R3 (3:01). Sasnovich overturned a prior 0-3 head-to-head against Begu to reach the last 16 of Miami for the first time.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
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Kristina Mladenovic d. [LL] Tessah Andrianjafitrimo 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(7), Rabat R1 (3:00). Mladenovic came from 4-2 down in the third set and saved a match point in the deciding tiebreak to score her first main-draw win of 2022.
Photo by Jose Manuel Alvarez/Getty Images
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Elena Rybakina d. [Q] Marie Bouzkova 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-1, Toronto R1 (3:00). Rybakina ended Prague champion Bouzkova's seven-match winning streak to post her first victory since claiming her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon.
Photo by Tennis Canada
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Sloane Stephens d. [SR] Sofia Kenin 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-5, Toronto R1 (3:00). Stephens held her first two match points at 5-1 in set two and, after a rain delay, also led 5-2 in set three, but ultimately needed six match points to close out her compatriot.
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