Etcheverry defeats van de Zandschulp in the longest match in Shanghai history

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-martin-etcheverry/ea24/overview'Tomas Martin Etcheverry/a defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/botic-van-de-zandschulp/v812/overview'Botic van de Zandschulp/a in the longest match in a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/shanghai/5014/overview'Rolex Shanghai Masters/a history on Friday. Playing the last match on Court 4, the Argentine won 7-6(5), 3-6, 7-5 in three hours and 43 minutes to advance to the third round./p

pThey surpassed the previous record set last year by a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marton-fucsovics/f724/overview'Marton Fucsovics/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/felix-auger-aliassime/ag37/overview'Felix Auger-Aliassime/a, where the Hungarian defeated the Canadian in three hours and 23 minutes in the second round./p

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pBefore that, the record was held by a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andy-murray/mc10/overview'Andy Murray/a when the Serb emerged victorious in three hours and 21 minutes in the 2012 championship match./p

pWith the win, the No. 31 seed extended his lead to 2-0 over van de Zandschulp in the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head series./p

pHe will face either World No.1 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a or a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taro-daniel/da81/overview'Taro Daniel/a of Japan./p

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