{"id":419134,"date":"2024-08-27T23:43:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T23:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=419134"},"modified":"2024-08-28T01:08:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T01:08:19","slug":"no-23-seed-stunned-in-longest-ever-us-open-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=419134","title":{"rendered":"No.23 seed stunned in longest ever US Open match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Evans has won the longest match at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/us-open-26hd\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"US Open\">US Open<\/a> since tiebreakers were introduced in 1970.<\/p>\n<p>The Englishman beat No.23 seed Karen Khachanov 6-7(6), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4 on Wednesday morning in five hours and 35 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Evans trailed 4-0 in the fifth set before running off the final six games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/tennis\/us-open-2024-thanasi-kokkinakis-stuns-stefanos-tsitsipas-to-reach-second-round-20240828-p5k5yb.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#x27;Incredible&#x27; Kokkinakis stuns Tsitsipas in biggest victory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/tennis\/us-open-2024-daria-saville-considering-future-after-tough-loss-australian-20240828-p5k5x6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Aussie considers retirement after wild US Open meltdown<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/motorsport\/f1-news-2024-williams-drops-logan-sargeant-promotes-franco-colapinto-20240828-p5k5wy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#x27;Brutal&#x27; decision as F1 team fires driver mid-season<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The final point, fittingly, was a marathon 22-shot rally, with Evans on the defensive for much of the point before hitting a hard shot to the corner that Khachanov couldn&#x27;t get back over the net with his backhand.<\/p>\n<p>The previous record was five hours and 26 minutes, when Stefan Edberg beat Michael Chang in a five-setter in the 1992 semi finals.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"d64d0fbd-2969-4cbf-9030-26b2eb0820f1\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/d64d0fbd-2969-4cbf-9030-26b2eb0820f1\" alt=\"Dan Evans celebrates beating Karen Khachanov in the longest ever US Open match.\" data-width=\"3000\" data-height=\"1688\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I don&#x27;t even know how long the match was,&quot; an exhausted Evans told Sky Sport afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;ve got a bad headache now and I&#x27;ve got to get rid of that.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;\ufeffIt was a hell of a match&#8230; I just want to go to bed.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\ufeffWatch the 2024 US Open tennis for free on<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/stream.9now.com.au\/SGlQsA3R7Ab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><em><strong>9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>. Every match will be ad-free, live and on demand with Centre Court in 4K UHD on<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stan.com.au\/watch\/sport\/tennis\/us-open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><em><strong>Stan Sport<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Evans improved to 5-0 against Khachanov, a semi finalist at the 2022 US Open, by emerging in a match in which the sets lasted 68, 67, 72, 67 and 61 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The British player, who played doubles with Andy Murray at the Olympics in the three-time grand slam champion&#x27;s final tournament, finished with a 201-191 edge in total points.<\/p>\n<p>He advanced to play Mariano Navone of Argentina in the second round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Dan Evans has won the longest match at the US Open since tiebreakers were introduced in 1970. 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