Dan Evans completes spectacular comeback against Karen Khachanov in the longest match in US Open HISTORY - with veteran joining fellow Brits Katie Boulter and Jack Draper in second round Dan Evans came back from the brink to defeat Karen Khachanov at the US Open Clash clocked in at five hours and 33 minutes, a record in the competition The 34-year-old will face Argentine Mariano Navone in the second round By Matthew Lambert Published: 00:30, 28 August 2024 | Updated: 00:49, 28 August 2024 e-mail 2 View comments Dan Evans pulled off some incredible feats of escapology alongside Andy Murray at the Olympics but this was his best trick yet – and a comeback of which the great Scot himself would have been proud. In the longest match in US Open history, Evans trailed Karen Khachanov 4-0 in the deciding set but reeled off six games on the trot. It was a spectacular way to record the third British win on a superb day at the US Open for the trans-Atlantic raiders.
First Katie Boulter came from behind to win, then Jack Draper eased through in a little over an hour. And then Evans slugged it out for five hours and 33 minutes against hulking Russian Khachanov, winning 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4. Evans was visibly flagging at 4-0 down in the final set but inexplicably he chipped and volleyed and eked his way back into it.
They passed the record of five hours and 26 minutes set by Stefan Edberg and Michael Chang in the 1992 semi-finals as Evans won his fifth game in a row. The 34-year-old Ev.