Australian Open Interview: Svetlana Kuznetsova
An interview with Svetlana Kuznetsova after losing to Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 1-6, 16-14 in the longest (4 hours 44 minutes) grand slam women’s singles match ever played. Kuznetsova had energy to tweet about it: “hey guys thank u for watching and all the support!i m still able to type u a message and to take positive out of this match today! yeah it hurts but ….what eva doesent kill you….. will do better for u))))”.
Q. Did you try to beat the record of Mahut and Isner?
SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA: I tried, but apparently didn’t work. She finish it earlier than I thought.
Q. What do you remember of the six match points that you had? Did you think some of them you could have made it?
SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA: I don’t remember any. I mean, I think she played good on match points. I don’t think I had easy ball any time, she was serving it all the time. It’s hard to say. The match could go either way so many times. I mean, I think it just was really a day of Francesca. We both fighted so hard the whole match, and the important moments she just played better. Read more »









