4 hours and 24 minutes of play: the record for the longest Challenger match broken
This Friday, Juan Bautista Torres and Tomas Barrios Vera were competing for a spot in the semi-finals of the Lima Challenger. The two men delivered a fierce and completely indecisive battle, marked by 12 breaks and 3 tie-breaks.
After 4 hours and 24 minutes of play, it was ultimately the Chilean who prevailed with a score of 7-6, 6-7, 7-6. Vera wins the longest match in Challenger history and let his joy burst out at the end of the match.
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The longest set of the match was the second one, lasting about 1 hour and 36 minutes, which, however, represents about the average duration of a standard best-of-three-sets match.
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