CAPRIATI FOUGHT OFF FOUR MATCH POINTS IN THE SECOND SET AND BEAT MARTI...

World | January 26, 2002, Saturday // 00:00

Capriati fought off four match points in the second set and beat Martina Hingis 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2 Saturday to win her second consecutive Australian Open title. No woman had ever saved more match points and won a Grand Slam final. The WTA, organizers of the women's tennis tour, said the previous record was set in 1898, when Blanche Bingley Hillyard saved three match points against Lena Rice before winning at Wimbledon.

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