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Kimiko Date-Krumm continues to defy age, secures another win

42-year-old Kimiko defeated Israel's Shahar Peer 6-2, 7-5 with only Richards, aged 45, getting as far at such at an age. If Date-Krumm wins her next match she will be the oldest ever to make the fourth round of a major tournament.

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Age-defying Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm racked up another record Thursday by becoming the oldest player to make a Grand Slam third round since Renee Richards in 1979.

The 42-year-old defeated Israel's Shahar Peer 6-2, 7-5 with only Richards, aged 45, getting as far at such at an age. If Date-Krumm wins her next match she will be the oldest ever to make the fourth round of a major tournament.

The new mark comes after the ageless Japanese became the oldest woman to win a main draw match at the Australian Open in her opening round clash against 12th seed Nadia Pedrova.

Date-Krumm, who has attributed her longevity to leading a simple life, said she gets a lot of support from fellow players.

"Everybody says to me, 'You are crazy'. First word is always, 'You are crazy'. But they support me a lot," she said, adding that tennis had changed dramatically since her heyday in the 1990s, when she was ranked four in the world.

"In the last 10 years it's more powerful, more speedy," she said. "Every time when I go to the gym, everybody is there, even before the match, after the match, everybody there. They're doing so much exercise.

"That's why women's tennis is changing compared to 10 years ago, 20 years ago. It's more powerful.

"Before, Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, they had much more technique. But now it's more speedy and more powerful."

Date-Krumm next plays either 17th-seeded Czech Lucie Safarova or Serb Bojana Jovanovski.

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Asian Games 2026 Medals Tally

No. Country G S B Total 1

People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China 169 89 83 341 2

Japan

Japan 83 95 91 269 3

Republic of Korea

Republic of Korea 39 43 68 150 4

India

India 21 27 37 85 5

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan 21 25 24 70

Full Medals Table

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