Francesca Schiavone vs Svetlana Kuznetsova Epic Game

What an epic game last night at the Australian Open when two competitive women, Francesca Schiavone and Svetlana Kuznetsova, played the longest women’s match at a major tennis game. French Open champion Schiavone beat two-time Grand Slam winner Svetlana Kuznetsova (6-4, 1-6, 16-14 ) over 4 hours, 44 minutes on Hisense Arena, Melbourne Park.

The previous longest women’s match at a Grand Slam was a 4 hour, 19 minute first-round contest between Barbora Zahlavova Strycova and Regina Kulikova at Melbourne Park last year.

Schiavone’s quarterfinal opponent will be the No. 1 seed, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark.