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No.6 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia clinches marathon at Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open

Previous longest match of this year was Anastasia Potapova’s 7-5, 6-7 (7-9), 6-4 victory over Veronika Kudermetova in Brisbane third round at 3 hours and 26 minutes

Reuters Abu Dhabi Published 08.02.24, 10:08 AM
Beatriz Haddad Maia

Beatriz Haddad Maia

The WTA Tour’s resident marathon woman was at it again at the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open.

No.6 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia triumphed in the longest WTA main-draw match of 2024 so far, defeating Magda Linette 7-6 (8-6), 6-7(1-7), 6-1 in 3 hours and 42 minutes to reach her first quarter final of the season.

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The previous longest match of this year was Anastasia Potapova’s 7-5, 6-7 (7-9), 6-4 victory over Veronika Kudermetova in the Brisbane third round at 3 hours and 26 minutes.

The Brazilian’s win eclipsed that. It was also longer than all but one tour-level match of 2023. That too involved Haddad Maia. Her 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 7-5 triumph over Sara Sorribes Tormo in the Roland Garros fourth round took 3 hours and 51 minutes.

This was the 11th time she has gone over three hours since the start of 2022, and her record in those matches is now 7-4.

“I think my team need to take care of their hearts,” Haddad Maia said with a laugh in the on-court interview.

“Sometimes in tennis, it’s not easy to manage the emotions. In the tie=break I was a little bit frustrated, and that caused another set.”

Earlier, No.7 seed Daria Kasatkina advanced to the quarter finals with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Ashlyn Krueger.

In a late match, second seed Ons Jabeur defeated Emma Raducanu 6-4, 6-1.


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