- Evans came back from the brink of defeat to beat Russian Karen Khachanov
- The pair battled each other for five hours and 33 minutes at Flushing Meadows
- Evans is fresh from the Paris Olympics, where he played in Murray’s last match
Andy Murray has posted a one-word reaction on social media to former doubles partner Dan Evans’ thrilling victory at the US Open.
Evans won the longest match in US Open history despite trailing 4-0 in the deciding set to Russian opponent Karen Khachanov.
The Briton won six games in a row to complete an incredible victory in five hours and 33 minutes, winning 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4.
Evans and Murray staged a series of stunning comebacks at the Paris Olympics before being knocked out in the quarter-finals, ending his Scottish doubles partner’s historic career.
After Evans’ victory, Murray had one word to say about the thrilling match at Flushing Meadows.
Dan Evans claimed victory in the longest US Open match in history on Tuesday night
Evans won the last six games to win his match 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 at Flushing Meadows
Former doubles partner Andy Murray took to social media immediately after Evans’ victory
In a post on social media platform X, the 37-year-old former US Open champion wrote: “Goosebumps.”
It was Evans’ first tour win since March and he also raised the subject of retirement.
The 34-year-old seemed to have run out of energy when he was 4-0 down in the final set, but somehow he still found the energy to make a great comeback and reach the second round, where he will face Argentine Mariano Navone.
After his victory he said: ‘I haven’t played much tennis this year, but I tried to keep fighting.
‘I thought I was out, felt sorry for myself, but then I tried to hold myself together and I didn’t want to win another Grand Slam without a lot of fight and with a whimper.
“I saw that he was struggling and I just tried to take one game after another. My serve was really bad, but I also have a headache and I need to get rid of that.”
He added: ‘It’s the longest I’ve ever been on a court. I don’t think I’ve ever played that long, five hours, in one day in two sessions, let alone one.
Murray and Evans produced some exciting comebacks as a duo at the recent Paris Olympics
Evans said after his victory that it was the ‘longest’ time he had ever been on a tennis court
“That’s actually what I thought on the court. I’ve never practiced for two hours, two hours. Normally it’s an hour and a half.”
His victory came after fellow Australian Katie Boulter also recorded a comeback win in her first-round match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
Boulter lost the first set 5-7, but came back to win the last two sets 6-2 and 6-1.