2023's Longest Matches
Marathon Marvels 2023: All this year's three-hour matches
Zheng Qinwen and Martina Trevisan's third-round victories at the Miami Open were the 24th and 25th main draw matches of 2023 to go over three hours in length.
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[LL] Erika Andreeva d. Harriet Dart 7-6(4), 3-6, 7-6(3), Austin R1 (3:32). Andreeva, 18, only found out she would replace Zhang Shuai in the main draw 30 minutes before the match, but saved two match points to triumph in the longest match of 2023 so far.
Photo by ATX Open/Alex Smith
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Camila Giorgi d. Kaia Kanepi 7-6(4), 6-7(4), 7-6(4), Miami R1 (3:32). Giorgi led 5-2 in the first set, 4-2 in the second and 5-0 in the third. She held her first two match points at 5-3 and 5-4 in the decider before converting her fourth.
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Sorana Cirstea d. [11] Beatriz Haddad Maia 4-6, 7-6(7), 7-5, Dubai R1 (3:29). Cirstea saved two match points en route to her fourth win in five meetings with Haddad Maia.
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[8] Belinda Bencic d. [WC] Marta Kostyuk 6-7(7), 7-6(5), 6-4, Dubai R2 (3:27). Bencic lost the first set from 5-3 up, but rebounded to win her third match in as many meetings with Kostyuk, and second in the past three weeks.
Photo by Jorge Ferrari
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[14] Liudmila Samsonova d. Paula Badosa 6-7(3), 7-6(5), 6-4, Dubai R1 (3:22). Samsonova improved to 3-0 against Badosa, including another extended 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 7-5 battle at the 2021 Australian Open.
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Wang Xiyu d. [8] Alison Riske-Amritraj 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(1), Merida R1 (3:22). Wang had lost two three-setters to Riske-Amritraj in their two prior meetings, but saved two match points to claim her first win of 2023.
Photo by Jaime López
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[WC] Peyton Stearns d. [Q] Katie Boulter 7-6(5), 6-7(2), 7-6(5), Austin R1 (3:22). Stearns served for the match twice in set two and once in set three before closing out her 11th straight win, and first of her career at tour level.
Photo by ATX Open/Alex Smith
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[25] Martina Trevisan d. Claire Liu 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, Miami R3 (3:17). In a rematch of the 2022 Rabat final, Trevisan fought back from an early break down in the third set and notched her third three-hour-plus victory of the season.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
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Caty McNally d. [3] Zhu Lin 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 6-1, Merida R1 (3:15). Zhu saved a match point in the second set before extending the clash, but McNally swept through the third set to improve to 3-0 over Zhu.
Photo by Marcos Dominguez
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Martina Trevisan d. Maria Sakkari 6-3, 6-7(4), 7-5, United Cup SF (3:14). Trevisan's third Top 10 win, first Top 50 win on hard courts and second defeat of Sakkari in as many meetings spearheaded Italy's United Cup upset of Greece.
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[6] Beatriz Haddad Maia d. Yulia Putintseva 6-4, 6-7(5), 7-6(4), Abu Dhabi R2 (3:13). Haddad Maia missed three match points serving at 5-4 in set two and had to recover after Putintseva served for the match at 5-4 in the decider.
Photo by Jorge Ferrari
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[SR] Laura Siegemund d. [27] Irina-Camelia Begu 5-7, 7-5, 6-3, Australian Open R2 (3:12). This result put former World No.27 Siegemund back into the third round of a major for the first time since her 2020 Roland Garros quarterfinal run.
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Anna-Lena Friedsam d. [LL] Erika Andreeva 7-5, 6-7(2), 7-6(8), Austin R2 (3:11). Friedsam was two points from victory at 6-5 in set two, but needed to come from 5-2 down and save a match point in set three.
Photo by ATX Open/Alex Smith
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[23] Zheng Qinwen d. [12] Liudmila Samsonova 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-3, Miami R3 (3:07). Zheng had lost to Samsonova twice in the previous year, but came from 3-0 down in the third set to level their overall head-to-head at 2-2.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
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Anastasia Zakharova d. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, Hua Hin R1 (3:05). Zakharova had previously been 0-7 in WTA main draws, but the 21-year-old came from a set and 5-3 down to notch her first career tour-level victory.
Photo by 2023 Thailand Open presented by E@
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Paula Badosa d. Harriet Dart 6-7(6), 7-6(5), 6-1, United Cup group stage (3:04). Badosa missed two set points in the first set, but held off a Dart comeback in the second to score her first win in three meetings against the Briton.
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Bianca Andreescu d. [7] Maria Sakkari 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, Miami R2 (3:04). The second-longest of the three three-setters that comprise Andreescu and Sakkari's rivalry to date; Andreescu now leads 2-1.
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[13] Danielle Collins d. Anna Kalinskaya 7-5, 5-7, 6-4, Australian Open R1 (3:03). The 2022 runner-up in Melbourne needed to go the distance after being a game away from victory in the second set.
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Anhelina Kalinina d. [10] Veronika Kudermetova, Dubai R1 (3:03). Kalinina led 5-2 in the second set, but needed a third set to notch her sixth career Top 20 win and second of 2023.
Photo by Jorge Ferrari
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Martina Trevisan d. Malene Helgø 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, United Cup group stage (3:02). The first of two three-hour victories for Trevisan at the United Cup was over No.321-ranked rookie Helgø, who had never played a Top 50 opponent before the competition.
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[6] Bernarda Pera d. [SR] Laura Siegemund 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-4, Hobart R2 (3:01). Pera was two points from victory at 6-5 in set two, but had to come back after Siegemund led 4-1, 40-0 in set three.
Photo by Regi Varghese/WTA
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Bernarda Pera d. [12] Liudmila Samsonova 2-6, 7-6(8), 7-6(6), Indian Wells R2 (3:01). Pera saved three match points en route to her fourth career Top 20 win, and improved to 2-1 against Samsonova overall.
Photo by BNP Paribas Open
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Heather Watson d. [2] Yulia Putintseva 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(5), Hua Hin R1 (3:00). The Briton saw leads of 5-1 in set two and 5-3 in set three pegged back, but held on to close out her first tour-level win since Wimbledon 2022.
Photo by 2023 Thailand Open presented by E@
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[8] Veronika Kudermetova d. Barbora Krejcikova 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(5), Doha R1 (3:00). Kudermetova held a point for a 5-2 lead in set three, but ultimately needed to win her sixth straight tiebreak to advance.
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