Grand effort: Haddad Maia ends Brazil's 55-year wait
The Morning Standard|June 06, 2023
BEATRIZ Haddad Maia battled from a set and 3-0 down to defeat Sara Sorribes Tormo in the third-longest women’s match ever played at Roland Garros to reach a maiden Grand Slam quarterfinal.
Grand effort: Haddad Maia ends Brazil's 55-year wait

The 27-year-old Brazilian lefthander came through 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-5 against her 132ndranked Spanish opponent on Court Suzanne Lenglen after three hours and 51 minutes.

The match was just 16 minutes short of the record four hours and seven minutes it took Virginie Buisson to beat French compatriot Noelle van Lottum in the first round at Roland Garros in 1995.

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