.Outer-court ping pong in the very early rounds of the 4 majors certainly never disappoints, and on Tuesday at the U.S. Open it provided some history.On Court 6, straight in the shadow of Arthur Ashe coliseum, Dan Evans as well as Karen Khachanov played the longest match of all time at this prominent celebration. What began as a pretty non-descript suit between two sagging players that have certainly not been creating a whole lot of buzz on excursion became a remarkable endurance in which Evans outlived Khachanov 6-7( 6 ), 7-6( 2 ), 7-6( 4 ), 4-6, 6-4. It lasted ... wait for it ... 5 hours and 35 minutes.The previous lengthiest U.S. Open was a 1992 guys's singles semifinal featuring Stefan Edberg and also Michael Chang, won through Edberg 6-7( 3 ), 7-5, 7-6( 3 ), 5-7, 6-4 in a puny five hours and also 26 minutes.Evans vs. Khachanov streamed past that mystery along with area to spare.Tuesday's showdown also led to what was undoubtedly one of the best inconceivable fifth-set resurgences in background. Evans trailed 4-0 in the 5th as well as was actually an aspect off of falling behind 5-0 on four different celebrations. He was down 15-40 in the 5th video game but battled an overall of 4 rupture points for 1-4. That showed up to provide Evans a 2nd wind-- or maybe through that stage of the match it was actually a 9th as well as 10th wind-- and left the Russian to consider the tiredness in his lower legs. With Khachanov right now faltering, Evans broke twice in succession to level ball game at 4-4. In the ninth video game the English professional saved a break aspect-- again-- and also kept for a 5-4 advantage.From there it was actually across for Khachanov, although he did do well ahead up along with two of his finest points in the fifth set to avoid match points at 0-40 and also 15-40. Finally, Evans changed his third option by carrying out an excellent aspect that obliged his enemy in to a backhand mistake." It was actually form of who might last the longest in the end," Evans claimed throughout his interview. "I just proceeded dealing with, truly. I merely attempted to scrape bit by bit. When you're a little one you are actually told to combat up until the end. That's regulation primary. That's what I have actually performed my whole career. It kind of repaid today." I just kept looking at the time clock and also made an effort to await, await. It was actually freaks. It was merely a crazy, crazy match. It is actually undoubtedly a suit I'll keep in mind for life." And also he must-- because, well, it was a complement that lasted forever.Ricky adds to 10sballs. com as well as likewise keeps his very own ping pong web site, The Grandstand. You can follow him on Twitter at @Dimonator.