Rybakina outlasts Kasatkina in marathon Montreal tennis match that ended at 2:54 a.m.

MONTREAL (AP) – Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan outlasted Daria Kasatkina of Russia 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (8) in a National Bank Open quarterfinal that ended Saturday at 2:54 a.m.

With a number of hundred hardy followers left, Rybakina lastly completed off Kasatkina with an overhand smash on her fifth match level. Rybakina additionally fended off a match level with an ace to even the tiebreaker at 8.

“I’ve played three sets, tough battles, but like this, honestly, physically it’s really tough,” Rybakina stated on court docket after the match. “It’s so late. I’ve never played this late. Thank you so much. Hopefully, somehow I can recover for tomorrow.”

After greater than six hours of rain delays Thursday and a few lengthy matches Friday backed up the schedule, the third-seeded Rybakina and Tenth-seeded Kasatkina began play at 11:27 p.m. They completed 3 hours, 27 minutes later.

Rybakina will face Fifteenth-seeded Liudmila Samsonova of Russia within the semifinals. Samsonova beat Twelfth-seeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 6-4, 6-4.

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