India's Sharrmadaa Baluu might have missed out on going deep into the women's singles draw at the ongoing Delhi Open but she did manage to go into the record books by playing the longest tie-break in the main draw of a tournament on ITF Pro circuit.
Up against Thailand's Varatchaya Wonteanchai in the second round of the USD 25,000 ITF, qualifier Sharrmadaa lost the hard-fought contest 6-7 (20-22) 6-7 (4) late on Wednesday night.
It was the longest ever tie-break played in a main draw.
Before this, Spain's Clara Schumacher-Terron had won the first set tie-break 27-25 against Finland's Jenny Saarnilina in the qualifying event of a USD 10,000 ITF event in August 2005.
The Finn girl, though, had won the marathon match 6-7 (25) 6-3 6-5.
During an USD 10,000 ITF event in Buenos Aires in September 2010, Argentina's Giuliana Pino had won the third set tie-break 21-19 against Paraguay's Montserrat Gonzalez but that was also in the Qualifiers.
Pino had won that match 3-6 6-3 7-6 (21-19).
