Longest Open Match Since ‘79
"Of course, the people expect me to do well."
They broke out odd little dances after hitting big shots, swaying their hips and rocking their arms to music only in their heads.
They pushed their beleaguered bodies this way and that for 4 hours, 44 minutes on Friday, swatting balls from impossible angles and somehow rarely missing the mark.
Through repeated visits from trainers, through all manner of momentum shifts, No. 3-seeded Novak Djokovic and former top-10 player Radek Stepanek produced as entertaining and lengthy a U.S. Open match as there's been in quite some time. Read more