Potapova triumphs over Kudermetova in three-and-a-half-hour marathon
No.11 seed Anastasia Potapova needed 3 hours and 26 minutes to defeat No.6 seed Veronika Kudermetova in the third round of the Brisbane International. Potapova won the first set from 5-3 down (saving two set points) and lost the second from 4-1 up; the result was her second win in five meetings with Kudermetova.