Alexander Zverev beats Jenson Brooksby in latest-ever tennis finish at 4.55am on remarkable day in Acapulco

History was made on a remarkable day at the Mexican Open in Acapulco as Alexander Zverev’s win over Jenson Brooksby set the record for the latest-ever finish in tennis. The match started at 1:30am local time and didn’t finish until 4.55am, with defending champion Zverev prevailing 3-6 7-6(10) 6-2 after saving two match points in the second-set tie-breaker. Ad/> The finish time breaks the previous record of 4.34am set by Lleyton Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis at the 2008 Australian Open.

Tennis'We're looking at a future world No 1' — Record-breaking Alcaraz hits new heights19 HOURS AGO It capped off an incredible day that had already seen the two longest matches in tournament history. John Isner and Fernando Verdasco were the first to slug it out over three hours and 14 minutes. Isner saved a match point at 2-5 in the third set before beating Verdasco 7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(3).

Then it was the turn of Stefan Kozlov and Grigor Dimitrov. Djokovic set to miss Indian Wells in March Murray: Tennis better when Djokovic plays How Medvedev can knock Djokovic off No 1 Kozlov was not even in the draw on Monday morning after losing to Oscar Otte in the final round of qualifying at the weekend. However, he took full advantage of Maxime Cressy’s late withdrawal to beat Dimitrov in three hours and 21 minutes.

Kozlov, who suffered with cramping during the match, only found out he had a place in the main draw during a practice session with Rafael Nadal. «I was playing a practice set with Nadal,” explained the world No 130. “At 3-3, 0-15, he breaks his string.