British tennis player Daniel Evans needed 5 hours and 35 minutes to beat 23rd seed Karen Khachanov in the first round of the US Open tennis tournament, Tuesday (27/8) or Wednesday WIB.
Evans won the match 6-7(8), 7-6(2), 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4. The match became the longest match in the history of the tournament. The previous record for the longest match in the tournament was the 1992 men’s singles semifinal between American Michael Chang and Stefan Edberg.
The Swede defeated Chang in a 5 hour 26 minute match, to book his place in the men’s final, where he went on to win the title against Pete Sampras.
The win maintained Evans’ perfect record in the first round of the US Open. The former world number 21, who is now ranked 184th, won the last six games of the match.
“I just tried to play, stay in there as long as I could and see where it took me,” the Briton said after the match, as quoted by the tournament’s official website.
“It was the longest match I’ve ever played on court. In the fourth set, I had to check to see which set we were playing. I wasn’t entirely sure which set we were playing.” (M-3)
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Another Longest Match in US Open History
Time: 5:26 – Stefan Edberg wins. Michael Chang (SF, 1992) – 6-7(3), 7-5, 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-4
Time: 5:15 – Carlos Alcaraz wins over Jannik Sinner (QF, 2022) – 6-3, 6-7(7), 6-7(0), 7-5, 6-3
Time: 5:09 – Sargis Sargsian wins over Nicolas Massu (R2, 2004) – 6-7, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4
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