Records tumble down Mexico way

In the early hours of Tuesday in Acapulco Alexander Zverev beat Jenson Brooksby in three sets 3-6,7-6(10) 6-2 making it the latest ever finish, 4.55 am, to an ATP match.

This beats the previous record finish of 4.34 am in the third round 2008 Australian Open epic, when Lleyton Hewitt beat Marcos Baghdatis 4-6,7-5,7-5,6-7(4)  6-3 though that match actually lasted 4 hours 45 minutes.

The three set match in Acapulco was a “mere” 3 hours 20 minutes. The marathon second set alone took 1 hour 50 minutes for Zverev to win.

However it fell one minute short of the longest match in Mexican Open history which had been set just a day earlier when Stefan Kozlov defeated 2014 champion Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 (10-8) 5-7 6-3.

Roger Parker

Recent Posts

Nadal goes down in final match

Rafael Nadal lined up for what was to be the final match of his career…

6 days ago

Sinner flattens de Minaur in runaway home start

Jannik Sinner took charge in front of his home crowd on Sunday, crushing ATP Finals…

2 weeks ago

Madcap Medvedev suffers temperamental Turin Finals loss

Daniil Medvedev went into meltdown mode on Sunday during a highly charged 6-4, 6-3 loss, with opponent…

2 weeks ago

Team Sinner considering skipping Monte Carlo

Jannik Sinner could well be missing from the opening European clay event of next season…

2 weeks ago

Davis Cup Final to mark Nadal goodbye to tennis

Rafael Nadal will bring down the curtain on his career next month as he plays his…

2 months ago

Wimbledon lowers the boom on human linecalling

Wimbledon on Wednesday brought an end to human linecalling at the most traditional of the…

2 months ago