Kirsten Flipkens and Ksenia Pervak made Moorilla Hobart International history today, recording the longest ever qualifying match for the tournament.
In a match lasting two hours 49 minutes and 46 seconds, Flipkens came back from a set down to win through to the final round of qualifying, 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5.
Defending Moorilla Hobart International champion, Petra Kvitova is one match closer to a main draw berth, winning her match against Shuai Zhang 6-4 6-3.
Kvitova is joined in the final round by two other former champions, Anna Chakvetadze (2007) and Michaella Krajicek (2006).
Chakvetadze recorded a comfortable win over Elena Chalova 6-2 6-2, while Krajicek, who is celebrating her 21st birthday today, was forced to fight for a place in the final eight, pushed to three sets by Tatjana Malek.
Dropping the first set, Krajicek fought back to win the second set in a tiebreaker. Up 5-0 in the deciding set and with the crowd behind her, she survived a late comeback from Malek to win 3-6 7-6(5) 6-3.
Main draw action gets underway tomorrow (Sunday) at the Domain Tennis Centre in Hobart.
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