Andy Murray’s monumental feat at four in the morning

At 35 years old and with a hip prosthesis andy murray He was the hero of the Australian Open, the tournament where he did not win a prize in the five finals played, in good time, when he became world number one after winning two Wimbledons, a US Open and an Olympic gold medal.

In Melbourne he announced his retirement, in 2019, after losing against the Spaniard Roberto Bautista. The first hip surgery didn’t work, I thought I couldn’t fight anymore. He never thought he would see the man from Castellón again in the third round of 2023, after making two epic comebacks.

If his victory over the Italian is worthy of applause Matteo Berrettini saving the ‘match’ ball, at 4h.49 ‘, did more against the Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis, nine years younger (35 and 26). At 04:06 local morning, after 5h.45′ on the track, he completed the feat.

Now 66 in the world, he beat 159, a ‘gunboat’ who added 37 ‘aces’, 4-6, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-3 and 7-5. Kokkinakis went up 5-2 in the third set, serving for the match at 5-3.

The Scotsman continued and recalled his times with the ‘Big 4’, including Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. He exemplifies class and, above all, a lot of love for tennis.

This is not a dawn note

It’s not a record that was finished late, because Lleyton Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis they finished their match in 2008 at 04:34. Alexander Zverev won the Jason Brooksby in Acapulco 2022 (Mexico) at 04:54 hours.

There is also no record for the longest match tournament as the 2012 final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic he left for five hours and 53 minutes.

“Life is crazy,” Andy Murray signed to the television camera. Blessed is your madness.