A Record-Setting Tie-Break Exhausts Players In Dallas
A Record-Setting Tie-Break Exhausts Players In Dallas
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Spain’s Olaso won the 42-point battle
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).