Current:Home > BackMarathon Match: Longest US Open match since at least 1970 goes a grueling 5 hours, 35 minutes-InfoLens
Marathon Match: Longest US Open match since at least 1970 goes a grueling 5 hours, 35 minutes
View Date:2024-12-23 11:43:07
NEW YORK (AP) — A few hours into a match that eventually set a U.S. Open record for length, Dan Evans glanced over at the scoreboard.
The U.S. Open is here. These are the terms you need to know to understand the game, from an ace to the scoring system.
Not to see how he was doing, but to clarify exactly how long he had been playing.
“In the fourth set, I had to check the set to see what set we were in,” Evans said. “I wasn’t entirely sure what set we were in.”
More than an hour later, Evans won the longest match at the U.S. Open since tiebreakers were introduced in 1970, beating Karen Khachanov 6-7 (6), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4 on Tuesday in 5 hours, 35 minutes.
Evans trailed 4-0 in the fifth set before running off the final six games. 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 the No. 23-seeded Khachanov couldn’t get back over the net with his backhand.
The previous record was 5 hours, 26 minutes, when Stefan Edberg beat Michael Chang in a five-setter in the 1992 semifinals.
“I was hurting all over, really,” said the 34-year-old Evans, who was grabbing at his lower legs and resting his hands on his knees in the final set.
“I don’t think I’ve played five hours, that long, in a day, ever — in two sessions, never mind in one. I was actually thinking that on the court. I’ve never practiced two hours, two hours. It’s normally an hour and a half.”
This story is featured in our One Notable Number series, which spotlights the key numbers leading our coverage.
Take a look at more Notable Numbers here.
You can also read more ONEs:
- One Extraordinary Photo
- One Must Read
- One Tech Tip
Evans improved to 5-0 against Khachanov, a semifinalist at the 2022 U.S. Open, by emerging in a match in which the sets lasted 68, 67, 72, 67 and 61 minutes.
The British player who played doubles with Andy Murray at the Olympics in the three-time Grand Slam champion’s final tournament finished with a 201-191 edge in total points. He advanced to play Mariano Navone of Argentina in the second round.
Evans has battled injuries in a difficult 2024. He arrived at Flushing Meadows just 4-17 this season, and said the fight he showed Tuesday should help restore some confidence that he had lost.
He just wished it would have come more quickly.
“Yeah, I don’t really want to do that again,” he said, “that’s for sure.”
___
AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis
veryGood! (5493)
Related
- 2 credit unions in Mississippi and Louisiana are planning to merge
- Key witness in Holly Bobo murder trial says his testimony was a lie, court documents show
- Drew Barrymore's 1995 Playboy cover comes back to haunt her with daughter's sass
- US Rep. Lauren Boebert’s son arrested in connection with string of vehicle break-ins, police say
- New wildfires burn in US Northeast while bigger blazes rage out West
- Justice Department finds problems with violence, gangs and poor conditions in 3 Mississippi prisons
- LeBron James is Bronny's Dad first, and he shows his experience is guiding light
- Thousands expected at memorial service for 3 slain Minnesota first responders
- Northern Taurid meteor shower hits peak activity this week: When and where to watch
- After 10 years of development, Apple abruptly cancels its electric car project
Ranking
- Horoscopes Today, November 11, 2024
- The 61 Most Popular Amazon Items E! Readers Bought This Month- $1 Lipstick, Olivia Culpo's Picks & More
- Thomas Kingston, son-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II's cousin, dies at 45: 'A great shock'
- FBI offers $15,000 reward in case of missing Wisconsin boy
- This is Your Sign To Share this Luxury Gift Guide With Your Partner *Hint* *Hint
- Damaging storms bring hail and possible tornadoes to parts of the Great Lakes
- Florida's response to measles outbreak troubles public health experts
- 1 person injured when Hawaii tour helicopter crashes on remote Kauai beach
Recommendation
-
Climate Advocacy Groups Say They’re Ready for Trump 2.0
-
Horoscopes Today, February 27, 2024
-
Caitlin Clark, Iowa look for revenge, another scoring record: Five women's games to watch
-
Why AP called Michigan for Trump: Race call explained
-
Jana Duggar Reveals She's Adjusting to City Life Amid Move Away From Farm
-
House GOP subpoenas Justice Department for material from special counsel's Biden probe
-
See the full 'Dune: Part Two' cast: Who plays Paul, Chani, Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in 2024 sequel?
-
A pregnant Amish woman is killed in her rural Pennsylvania home, and police have no suspects