Kimiko Date-Krumm is used to questions about retirement but still has no answer. On Monday, the veteran was matched against the second-youngest player in the draw, 16-year-old Belinda Bencic, a qualifier playing in her first major after winning two junior Grand Slam titles last year. I tried not to do long rallies because she never made a mistake,'' Date-Krumm said after the match in a good-natured session with reporters who kept asking how much longer she can play on. I don't know.'' This was Date-Krumm's 47th time playing a Grand Slam tournament - and she was the oldest woman in the draw by a decade.
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