The Third Longest Women’s Match in the History of the National Bank Open: Elena Rybakina vs Daria Kasatkina

The marathon offered by the Kazakh Elena Rybakina and the Russian Daria Kasatkina on the night of Friday to Saturday turned out to be the third longest women’s match in the history of the National Bank Open.

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Rybakina and Kasatkina, respectively third and 10th seed of the Montreal tournament, concluded their quarter-final at 2:54 am, early Saturday morning, in front of several hundred enthusiastic spectators.

The clash lasted 3h27min, during which Rybakina came from behind to win 5-7, 7-5 and 7-6 (8).

In 2019, Bianca Andreescu defeated Dutch Kiki Bertens in 3h28min in Toronto.

The longest Canadian Open match came last year, also in the Queen City, when Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo defeated American Claire Liu in 3h33min.

The duration of matches has been compiled by the WTA since 2008.

Moreover, it’s a safe bet that the clash between Rybakina and Kasatkina is the one that ended the latest in the history of the Montreal event. But no statistics on this subject are kept in the archives.

This season, no less than 53 women’s matches have crossed the three-hour mark. The duel between Rybakina and Kasatkina ranks 10th.

Here are the top 10 longest matchups this year on the WTA Tour.

1 – 3h51min

Beatriz Haddad Maia defaited Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-7 (3), 6-3 and 7-5 at Roland-Garros

2 – 3h41min

Anhelina Kalinina defeated Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-7 (2), 7-6 (6) and 6-3 in Rome

3 – 3h40min

Liudmila Samsonova defeats Lena Papadakis 7-5, 6-7 (5) and 7-6 (3) in Bois-le-Duc

4 – 3h40min

Lesia Tsurenko defeated Ana Bogdan 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (18) at Wimbledon

5 – 3h34min

Elisabetta Cocciaretto defeats Anna Bondar 6-7(2), 7-6(6) and 7-5 in Lausanne

6 – 3h32min

Erika Andreeva defeated Harriet Dart 7-6(4), 3-6, 7-6(3) in Austin

7 – 3h32min

Camila Giorgi defeated Kaia Kanepi 7-6(4), 6-7(4) and 7-6(4) in Miami

8 – 3h29min

Sorana Cirstea defeats Beatriz Haddad Maia 4-6, 7-6(7), 7-5 in Dubai

9 – 3h27min

Belinda Bencic defeated Marta Kostyuk 6-7(7), 7-6(5) and 6-4 in Dubai

10 – 3h27min

Source : WTA