The match between Lesya Tsurenko and Ana Bohdan in the third round of Wimbledon is one that went down in history. They secured a match lasting more than 3 hours and the longest tiebreak in the history of women’s tennis at Grand Slam tournaments.

Ana Bohdan is in tears after losing to Lesya Tsurenko at Wimbledon

Ana Bohdan showed the best result in her career at Grand Slam tournaments, managing to reach the third round of Wimbledon.

The athlete, ranked 57th in the WTA rankings, lost to Lesia Tsurenko 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (18-20) in a match in which the Romanian also blamed medical problems early in the second set.

The match was full of drama, given that both athletes saved numerous match points, but in the end the Ukrainian won the match and reached the 1/8 finals.

At the end of the dispute, Ana Bohdan gave a tearful interview to Eurosport, in which she talked about the problems she faced during almost the entire game with Lesya Tsurenko.

“My mood started when I was leading 4-1 in the first set, I felt like something was wrong with me because I couldn’t concentrate on the ball, I felt like I couldn’t coordinate and it got worse, but somehow that’s how I fought and was able to win the first set. But I felt bad.

I started feeling dizzy, I started feeling a lot of pressure in my ears, like my ears were falling down, I started seeing white dots, I said I better call a doctor because it was obvious that something was wrong with me.

Then I started to feel nauseous. I wanted to throw up and asked the doctor for a pill for that. I can’t say that there was much of a difference after taking this pill, my mood was the same and I tried my best to calm down, get through those moods, fight them and beat them.

At first, for me, it was a struggle with those states, and then there was a struggle on the ground. At some point I crossed any line, I think I crossed many lines today and it hurts me that I lost, but the fact that I was standing there on the field that I told myself that I have to fight and be there, because I was doing what I love, I think that says it all.

It can be both physical fatigue and mental fatigue because the level you have to be here, energetically and mentally, is very high, but I think it was also the heat today, I think they were really put together.

How can I say this is a moment I will never forget… Now it hurts a lot, but maybe in a few days I will look at it with different eyes and I think it will give me strength in the future and show me that I am still strong and have overcome many of my limitations.

I think there were times when I clearly felt that I couldn’t do it anymore, that maybe it would be better to stop because I was very, very sick, and I kept looking at the coach and saying these things to him, and he was trying calm me down so I can continue.

So, I don’t know, I pushed my limits today. Yes, you can say that today I defeated myself.” Ana Bohdan said.