In tennis, tiebreakers in units are normally referred to as 12-point tiebreaks, because it’s a better of 12 situation with the primary participant to seven factors successful.
However on Wednesday, on the 2024 Australian Open, we bought … a 42-point tiebreaker, within the third set, with Anna Blinkova taking down Elena Rybakina 7-6 within the third with the 22-20 tiebreaker win.
Sure, that’s a Grand Slam report for the ladies’s facet. And sure, it took some time (think about half-hour of back-and-forth, must-win-by-two drama). We’re nonetheless getting video highlights of it, however simply take a second to marvel at this second as the 2 performed their hearts out:
ANNA. BLINKOVA.
The second Anna prevailed in a match etched into Grand Slam historical past.#AusOpen • #AO2024 • @wwos • @espn • @eurosport • @wowowtennis pic.twitter.com/JTUTc9YR9p
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 18, 2024
Anna Blinkova d. Elena Rybakina 6-4 4-6 7-6(20)
Match of the event. 👀
Longest tiebreak in AO historical past on the ladies’s facet.
42 level tiebreak that lasted half-hour.
Each girls ought to be happy with what they simply did. pic.twitter.com/KcyXSvvz07
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) January 18, 2024
Anna Blinkova after beating Elena Rybakina in a 42 level tiebreak at Australian Open:
“This present day I’ll keep in mind for the remainder of my life. Particularly on this courtroom with this crowd. I’ll always remember it. It’s the most effective day of my life up to now.” 🥹
Unforgettable. pic.twitter.com/mMlrUJd7xK
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) January 18, 2024
The longest tiebreak in a singles match in Grand Slam historical past ✨#AusOpen • #AO2024 pic.twitter.com/4Il3BH6JCX
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 18, 2024
Down 18-17, dealing with match level and Anna Blinkova does this…
Merely out of this world.#AusOpen • #AO2024 • @wwos • @espn • @eurosport • @wowowtennis pic.twitter.com/jP1Dcl4K6I
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 18, 2024
The umpire within the Rybakina & Blinkova match 😂
The longest girls’s singles tiebreak in Australian Open historical past.
That is the face of a person who cannot wait to inform this story someday. pic.twitter.com/7YewEPKhUk
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) January 18, 2024
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