Fans React: Rybakina stunned by Blinkova in longest tiebreaker ever

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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.

01:22 (upbeat music)

01:25 (dramatic music)

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