Alcaraz Leaves It (Very, Very) Late in Defeating Sinner at U.S. Open

The Spanish teenager needed five sets and more than five hours to reach the semifinals

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It was the latest finish ever at the U.S. Open, played in a city that purportedly never sleeps

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Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner made it well worth staying up into the wee hours

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off a match point in the fourth set to defeat Sinner, a 21-year-old Italian prodigy, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-7 (0), 7-5, 6-3, to advance to the semifinals.

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The suspense and tension was that constant, the quality of the shotmaking and the effort that transcendent.

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The match, an instant-classic quarterfinal, lasted 5 hours and 15 minutes, the second longest Open match ever

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The match was the second longest ever played at the U.S. Open, behind only the 1992 semifinal between Stefan Edberg and Michael Chang

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