A tie-break that will go down in Grand Slam history: the Australian Open records a record number of points for a tie-break

The Australian Open experienced a historic event on Thursday. In the Victory 4-6, 6-4 and 6-7 for the Russian Anna Blinkova (57th in the world) over the Kazakh Elena Rybakina (3rd in the world) There was a special moment that will remain in the pages of tennis. In the final set, and with the tie-break on the line, the tennis players fought for 32 minutes in the tie-break and received a standing ovation from the audience after an intense match. final score of 22-20 for muscovite. The exchange of 42 balls became the decisive game with the most points scored in Grand Slam history and also had the extraordinary number of 16 match points .

Elena Rybakina She arrived as the big favorite for this match. The third ranked WTA player in the world faced the Russian in the second round Anna Blinkova who had beaten the Spaniards in the previous round Cristina Bucșa by 6-2 and 6-4. The Melbourne Park court welcomed both athletes with the fervor of the upcoming duel, since the Kazakh was one of the candidates for the 2023 Australian Open and sought to repeat the good level in this edition.

With triumphs for 6-4 For everyone, the third set was of maximum tension until the end. Already with him 6-6 buttoned up, they had to leave for the decisive game and decide who would face the Italian in the third round of the circuit Jasmin Paolina (26th in the ranking). During the tiebreaker, The Moscow native responded to Rybakina’s six match points, and after her tenth match point, was able to capitalize on the victory and unleash the hubbub of Australian partisanship who came to support him.

With 32 minutes of play and 42 points scored became he decisive game with the most scores in the history of any Grand Slam tournament taking into account male and female categories. With the list of tennis players, They surpassed the 38 points from matches between Lesia Tsurenko and Ana Bogdan at Wimbledon 2023 and the record of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Andy Roddick at the 2007 Australian Open. .

“I will remember this day for the rest of my life. Especially on this song and with this fan. I’ll never forget; “This is by far the happiest day of my life.” Blinkova told the Oceanic audience once her victory was consummated.

After 2H46´ game, the victory against the top 3 in the world represents their second victory against a team ranked among the top five in the competition. The previous one occurred at Roland Garros 2023, when she won the match against Caroline Garcia in three series. “When I played at Roland Garros, the public was obviously against me. Today the fans pushed me a lot. They were awesome. I love them. My dream came true playing in a Rod Laver full of spectators. “The energy was crazy.” he condemned.