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Murray’s great escape
Murray’s great escape. Five-time champion Roger Federer strolled into the US Open third round on Thursday as fellow old-timer Lleyton Hewitt bid farewell in trademark, fighting style.
New York : Five-time champion Roger Federer strolled into the US Open third round on Thursday as fellow old-timer Lleyton Hewitt bid farewell in trademark, fighting style. On a dramatic day which saw a record created for the longest women's match, and a new Grand Slam high for retirements from the men's tournament, Andy Murray escaped his earliest exit in 10 years when he came back from two sets down to make the last 32.
World number two Federer, the 17-time Grand Slam champion, needed just 80 minutes to rout Belgium's Steve Darcis 6-1, 6-2, 6-1. Third seed and 2012 champion Murray came back from two sets down to defeat tiring Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 5-7, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Murray goes on to face Brazilian 30th seed Thomaz Bellucci for a place in the last 16. Former world number one Hewitt, the champion in 2001, made a dramatic farewell battling from two sets down and having two match points before losing to fellow Australian Bernard Tomic on a rocking Grandstand court.
In his final match in New York, the 34-year-old fell 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 7-5 after three hours and 27 minutes after his 57th career five-set match. Hewitt will retire after January's Australian Open. French Open champion Stan Wawrinka beat South Korean teenager Hyeon Chung 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (8/6).
Britain's world number 97 Johanna Konta made history when she defeated Wimbledon runner-up Garbine Muguruza in the longest women's match in US Open history. “I thought it would be really embarrassing if I just toppled over there,” said Konta, who won 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (4/7), 6-2 in 3 hours 23 minutes in the hottest part of the day.
