By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday July 7, 2023
Lesia Tsurenko and Ana Bogdan embodied the warrior spirit for 3 hours and 40 minutes on Court 14 on Friday at Wimbledon, taking part in the longest girls’s singles tiebreak in Grand Slam historical past as Tsurenko got here by way of to notch a 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(18) victory over her Romanian foe.
Tsurenko reaches the spherical of 16 for the primary time at Wimbledon – the 34-year-old has now made the second week at consecutive majors for the primary time in her profession.
Tsurenko saved 5 match factors and transformed her seventh to earn the victory, after rallying from 5-3 down within the last set.
Tsurenko can barely stroll, however she gutted out the W over Bogdan, profitable the longest tiebreak in girls’s singles Grand Slam historical past, 20-18 to seal the 109 minute last set. pic.twitter.com/ZCjJYzrdUe
— TennisNow (@Tennis_Now) July 7, 2023
When you win the longest girls’s tiebreak in historical past.#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/Hy2C1gJ2It
— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) July 7, 2023
3 hours and 40 minutes 🤯
Lesia Tsurenko prevails in an unimaginable battle in opposition to Ana Bogdan, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(18) 🙌#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/kS63QxBQVI
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 7, 2023
At 38 factors, the final-set tiebreak between Lesia Tsurenko and Ana Bogdan (received by Tsurenko 20-18) is the longest tiebreak in a Grand Slam girls’s singles match in historical past.#Wimbledon
— ITF Media (@ITFMedia) July 7, 2023
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