The fans inside Rod Laver Arena will never forget Anna Blinkova's thrilling victory over World #3 Elena Rybakina, as the longest tiebreaker in Grand Slam singles history ended 22-20.
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00:00 Man, that was one of the most incredible games I've ever seen in my life.
00:03 I literally was just gasping and there was a lot of "Oh my God!"
00:08 Amazing. It was mind-blowing.
00:15 Never seen anything like that. Never.
00:17 Oh, it was absolutely crazy.
00:19 We were like, "Oh my God, when's this ever going to end?"
00:22 It was fabulous.
00:23 It's the longest heartbreak in Australian Open history.
00:26 Are you serious?
00:28 Oh my God, it was incredible.
00:29 Like, my hands are numb from the clapping.
00:32 You thought it would end and then it kept going.
00:34 And you think it will end and then it kept going.
00:36 Tension was building and building and building
00:45 and then it just ended in this unbelievable sense of, like, beautiful relief.
00:51 Yeah, I was very stressed. I think I have a few grey hairs now.
00:54 Anna just had her head in the game and she just kind of was really resilient.
00:58 And she said her hands were shaking, her legs were shaking,
01:00 but she just kept going and I think, yeah, resilience pays off in the end.
01:03 All the match points that she had against her just kept going, kept going, didn't give up.
01:07 And I loved all the nicknames for Blinky Bar.
01:10 Go Blinky, Go the Bill.
01:12 Yeah, it was amazing. It was really cool.
01:13 Oh yeah, Blinky.
01:16 Heard that in the crowd a fair bit.
01:18 And she was incredible and so humble at the end.
01:21 That was fabulous, yeah.
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