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Francesca Schiavone established a record Sunday for endurance in a women's Grand Slam singles match, needing 4 hours, 44 minutes to beat Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 1-6, 16-14 in the fourth round.
The French Open champion saved six match points, then converted on her third match point in the longest match at a major in terms of time in the Open era.
The longest previous women's match in a Grand Slam tournament was here last year when Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova beat Regina Kulikova 7-6 (5), 6-7 (10), 6-3 in a match lasting 4:19.
Schiavone battled exhaustion but, "at the end, you have something more, always."
"Was for me, fantastic," the 30-year-old Italian said. "When you're in a situation like this, every point is like a match point. You have to keep going. You know that physically you're tired. Mentally just keep going."
Kuznetsova said the match was so long she was forgetting the score or who should serve.
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