Friday, August 30

We apologize for not publishing this daily update on time due to a scheduling issue.

The United Kingdom's Dan Evans managed to beat Russia's Karen Khachanov in a thrilling match on Tuesday, which was the longest match in the US Open since 1970.

Evans faced off against Khachanov on Tuesday on Court 6 of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, located in Queens, New York City. They began with a tight first set, tying at 6-6 before Khachanov took the win in an 8-6 tiebreaker. Two more long sets followed, with Evans winning both in the tiebreaker, 7-6 (2) and 7-6 (4). From there, they moved into the fourth set, which Khachanov won 6-4, and he took a 4-0 lead in the fifth set, looking like he was going to confirm his win. However, Evans came back and won six straight games to take the game, winning the set 6-4. Evans is now 5-0 against Khachanov, continuing his dominance of the Russian player.

It wasn't easy, though. The last point alone was 22 shots, and it was the longest game in the US Open since tiebreakers were introduced in 1970, lasting a whopping 5 hours and 35 minutes. The previous record was 5 hours and 26 minutes, set when Sweden's Stefan Edberg beat the United States' Michael Chang in an intense five-set match during the US Open semifinals of 1992. Evans hasn't been in form lately, though -- despite playing doubles for his country at the Olympics, he is only 4-17 this season -- so this win will help him to move on and try to win some more major matches before the end of the year. Evans went on to face Argentina's Mariano Navone in a match yesterday, in which he crushed his opposition 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. He will now face off against Australia's Alex de Minaur on Saturday in the third round.

Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest): Tatooine from Star Wars was not a set-- it was actually filmed in Tunisia, a small country in northern Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea.

Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything. (Theodore Roosevelt)

Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Clement (adj)- Clement is a formal word used to describe weather that is mild, or in other words, neither too hot nor too cold. Clement is also sometimes used to describe someone who is inclined to be merciful or lenient, as in “a clement judge.”

In a Sentence: Although she loves visiting the northeast, Sue prefers to live in places with a more clement climate, without heavy snows or high heating bills.