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Record-tying late finish at US Open

EQUALING the record for the latest finish at the US Open, Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany eliminated John Isner of the United States 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 at 2:26am local time yesterday to reach the fourth round.

The official completion time was the same as a second-round match in 1993, when Mats Wilander beat Mikael Pernfors. The latest finishing match at any grand slam was the 4:34am-end to Lleyton Hewitt's third-round encounter against Marcos Baghdatis at the 2008 Australian Open.

"Of course, it's very late, so everybody here is really a crazy tennis fan," the 19th-seeded Kohlschreiber told the few fans who remained during an on-court interview. He won his sixth consecutive five-setter.



 

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