Greg Sharko @SharkoTennis Follow
Latest @usopen finish 2:26 am: Sept 2, '12 (Kohlschreiber d Isner) & Sept 4, '93 (Wilander d Pernfors), both 6-4 in 5th? Will record fall? 1:51 PM - 2 Sep 2014
Kei Nishikori lined up to serve out the match at 5-4 when the clock read 2:21 a.m. ESPN even managed to create a countdown clock to the record. Tennis Twitter was rooting wildly for a long enough game, in the hopes that staying up this late would be somehow validated by witnessing history. Raonic did his part by putting back every single one of Nishikori's serves in play. It wasn't enough, though, to stave off defeat, and Nishi ended the match after a couple of simple volleys thwarted some desperate scrambling by Raonic.
The clock read 2:26 a.m. The record wasn't broken, but at least it was matched in style.
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