Wimbledon on Friday witnessed history. Unseeded Lesia Tsurenko and Anna Bogdan played the longest-ever tie-break in the history of Women’s Singles in a Grand Slam event. It required 38 points in the tie-break for Tsurenko to finally prevail in the gruelling third round contest. The Ukranian clinched a 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (20-18) victory after three hours and 40 minutes of play to advance to the fourth round.
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The 38-point tie-breaker broke the previous record of 36 points between Denisa Allertova and Johanna Konta which was set in the first round at the 2015 French Open. Allertova won the contest back then.
On Friday, Tsurenko had to save five match points in the thrilling contest against Bogdan, who is a fellow unseeded opponent from Romania. After both the players won one set each, Bogdan was leading 5-3 in the third. But she was broken while serving for the clash. Tsurenko was then leading 6-5 but missed a match point opportunity as the contest moved into the tie-breaker.
Tsurenko kickstarted action in the tie-break with a 5-1 lead. Needing 10 points to seal the win, Bogdan made a stunning comeback. She saved four match points and got her first match point opportunity at 12-11.
However the game went on and Tsurenko saved her final match point at 18-17 after Bogdan pushed a forehand into the net. Tsurenko then went on to get to the matchpoint. Both the players then played an incredible 26-shot rally before Tsurenko finally won the point and collapsed to the ground.
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