Aus Open: Elsa Jacquemot upsets Marta Kostyuk in opening round (Image Source: IANS)
Aus Open: Day one of the Australian Open 2026 has already found its way to the history books as Elsa Jacquemot defeated Marta Kostyuk in a three-and-a-half-hour match at ANZ Arena, with all three sets decided by tiebreaks.
This is the first occurrence of such an event in a women’s singles match at Melbourne Park since the tournament adopted final-set tiebreaks in 2019.
At three hours and 31 minutes, it became the longest women’s singles match at the event since that format's introduction, with an almost incredulous final score of 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 7-6[10-7]. The previous record after 2019 was three hours and 20 minutes, set last year by Emma Navarro and Peyton Stearns, whose all-American first-round match ended 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 7-5.
