“Laura Siegemund and Wang Xiu spent more than four hours on the court”, — write: sport.ua
99th racket of the world Laura Siegemund from Germany won against Chinese women Wang Siu with a score of 7:6(3), 4:6, 7:6(1). The meeting lasted 4 hours and 9 minutes.
Previously, the longest match of the season was the meeting of the first round of the tournament in Charleston, in which Katie Volynets beat Aranta Rus in 3 hours and 43 minutes.
The Siegmund-Wang match is the fourth-longest in the history of women’s tennis in the Open Era.
For the first time since 2011, a match at the WTA level lasted more than four hours.
The first Tour-level match since 2011 to last longer than FOUR HOURS 🥵@laurasiegemund defeats No.5 seed Wang Xiyu in Hua Hin after 4h9m! #ThailandOpen pic.twitter.com/ghtj7eBiTW
— wta (@WTA) September 18, 2024