2022's Longest Matches
Marathon Marvels 2022: The 25 longest matches of the year
Victoria Azarenka's comeback win over Ana Bogdan in the first round of Roland Garros earned her a place in the 25 longest WTA main draw matches of 2022.
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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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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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[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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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.
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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 .
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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.
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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 three matches over three hours long that Sorribes Tormo has played in 2022 so far.
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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. 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.
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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.
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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.
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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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[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.
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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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[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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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.
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[WC] Daria Saville d. [LL] Lucia Bronzetti 5-7, 6-4, 7-5, Miami R4 (2:59). Saville saved one match point to reach her first WTA 1000 quarterfinal since Rome 2017 and become the lowest-ranked Miami quarterfinalist ever at No.249.
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Tereza Martincova d. [10] Elina Svitolina 6-7(2), 7-5, 7-6(5), Doha R1 (2:59). In a match that featured 19 breaks of serve, Martincova scored her fourth Top 20 win despite trailing 5-3 in the third set.
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[15] Victoria Azarenka d. Ana Bogdan 6-7(7), 7-6(1), 6-2, Roland Garros R1 (2:58). Azarenka lost the first set after leading 5-2 and then 6-3 in the tiebreak, but pulled off a comeback after Bogdan served for the match at 6-5 in the second set.
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