Sport news

Skiavone broke Kuznetsova in historic match 23.01.2011

World No. 7 Francesca Skiavone won the most interesting match in women from the beginning of the Australian Open. Italians break Svetlana Kuznetsova from Russia with 6:4, 1:6 and unique third set that lasted just 3:00 and ended at 16:14 on Skiavone. Thus the battle between the two has become the longest in the history of the Australian Open.

The record thus far kept the match between Barbora Zahlavova Stritsova and Regina Kulikova of last year - 4 hours and 19 minutes. The success of Italian and is significant in that it managed to save for six machbola and twice in the third set did the same and Russian.

In the first two sets meeting not presume such drama in the end. In the first set Skiavone won with 6:4. In the second set but Kuznetsova respond adequately - 6:1 in the second half and tie.

The drama came in the third set. Closer to victory was Kuznetsova, who squandered a six machbola goals, 3 of them consecutive. Skiavone even unable to close the match in his third attempt, even in the 30 th game of the third set. So Skiavone will face a quarter final against world leader in circuit Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark.