Haddad Maia becomes second Brazilian to reach French Open quarter-final
Fourteenth seed Beatriz Haddad Maia reached the 2023 French Open quarter-final after beating Sara Sorribes Tormo. The former claimed a 6-7(3), 6-3, 7-5 win in three hours and 51 minutes, making it the longest tour-level match of 2023. Haddad Maia has become just the second Brazilian to reach the last eight of the French Open and the first since 1968. Here are the stats.
Here are the match stats
Haddad Maia made a formidable comeback after losing the first. She won a total of 127 points and 65 winners in the match. Her opponent fired four aces compared to the former's one. Haddad Maia won 53% of receiving points and 51% of net points. She recorded six double faults. Besides, Sorribes smashed the fastest serve of the match (127 KPH).
Haddad Maia scripts history
As mentioned, Haddad Maia has become the second Brazilian to reach the Roland Garros quarter-final since 1968. The late Maria Bueno had a quarter-final run at the French Open that year. She featured in the last eight of Wimbledon too in the season. Bueno won as many as seven Grand Slams in her illustrious career, the last of which came in 1966.
Third-longest French Open match
The match between Haddad Maia and Sorribes panned out for three hours and 51 minutes, the longest of the season. It was also the third-longest women's tie at the French Open and the joint 10th-longest WTA match of the Open Era.
A look at the notable numbers
It is worth noting that Haddad Maia had never gone past the second round of a Grand Slam before the ongoing Roland Garros. Interestingly, she was also involved in the previous-longest tour-level match of 2023 (Rome quarter-finals). Anhelina Kalinina defeated Haddad Maia 6-7(2), 7-6(6), 6-3 in three hours and 41 minutes. The match against Sorribes exceeded that by 10 minutes.
Haddad Maia to face Ons Jabeur
Haddad Maia will next face seventh seed Ons Jabeur, who also eased past Bernarda Pera 6-3, 6-1 to reach the last eight. Jabeur became the first Tunisian to qualify for the quarter-finals at the French Open.
