Tuesday, 30 January 2018

A Record-Setting Tie-Break Exhausts Players In Dallas

Spain's Guillermo Olaso thought it was never going to end.

Olaso and Russian Evgeny Karlovskiy played a 42-point tie-break during the opening set of their qualifying match on Monday at the RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas, an ATP Challenger Tour event.

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Both players had a number of set points; Olaso saved 10 and clinched the set on his seventh. The tie-break is the longest for an ATP Challenger Tour qualifying match.

“Normally a tie-break never lasts that long,” Olaso said. “It feels like we played another set almost, because it took so long and it took a lot of energy out of both of us.”

Perhaps the tie-break took too much out of him. He eventually lost 6-7(20), 6-1, 7-6(5).



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