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Monday, January 24, 2011

Schiavone edges Kuznetsova in longest Slam match




Outstanding. No words can articulate how epic this match was. It featured clutch play the WTA has needed so desperately for the past 6-12 months.
           Francesca Schiavone and Svetlana Kuznetsova stepped on court for their fourth-round match. Four hours and 44 minutes later they embraced after playing a classic and setting a new Grand Slam record in the process.
           The 30-game third set alone lasted exactly three hours, the two sets that preceded it 51 and 53 minutes respectively. If tennis can be likened to war, then this was a battle on a world scale.
           Italian sixth seed Francesca Schiavone ultimately prevailed 6-4 1-6 16-14 over 23rd-seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova.

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