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2023 Match Point Saves January 18, 2023

Great Escapes 2023: Winning from match point down

Cristina Bucsa's upset of Bianca Andreescu in the second round of the Australian Open was the sixth tour-level main draw match of 2023 that was won from match point down.

01 /06
Zhu Lin saved one match point in the second-set tiebreak before defeating Madison Brengle 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-4 in the first round of Auckland.

Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images

02 /06
Zheng Qinwen, 20, won from match point down for the first time at tour level in Round 1 of Adelaide 1, staving one off in the third-set tiebreak before upsetting Anett Kontaveit 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(7).

Photo by Peter Mundy/Speed Media/Icon Sportswire/Getty Images

03 /06
Linda Noskova, 18, had already saved a match point in Adelaide 1 qualifying against Anna Kalinskaya, and fended off another serving at 5-6 in set three en route to a 6-4, 6-7(3), 7-6(6) quarterfinal upset of Victoria Azarenka.

Photo by Jimmie48/WTA

04 /06
Elisabetta Cocciaretto saved two match points in the second-set tiebreak en route to beating Bernarda Pera 5-7, 7-6(8), 6-4 in Hobart to reach her second tour-level semifinal.

Photo by Steve Bell/Getty Images

05 /06
Veronika Kudermetova saved five match points serving at 5-6 in the second set against Danielle Collins in the Adelaide 2 quarterfinals, going on to win 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-1.

Photo by Jimmie48/WTA

06 /06
Cristina Bucsa saved one match point in the second set tiebreak en route to defeating Bianca Andreescu 2-6, 7-6(7), 6-4 at the Australian Open. The result put the Spanish qualifier into the third round of a major for the first time.

Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images

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