Playing Sara Errani? Bring your lunch...

I saw Sara Errani play Alize Cornet in Charleston last year, and the match was a long, drawn-out, grinding, ill-humored affair. I was tired, just watching it. Errani is the ultimate baseliner, willing to hang out for hours and hit groundstrokes. Today in Brisbane, she stayed on the court with Pironkova (another one for long matches) for three hours and thirty-one minutes. She won, too--6-7, 7-5, 6-3.