Andy Murray outlasts Thanas Kokkinakis

"The match was obviously very up and down. There was frustration in there. There was tension. Credits: Getty Images

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[{"selector":"#anim-315685c7-bd8b-4fe3-a47e-31c2a2a30a92 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.249999886225726%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b676b1de-091b-4c39-98e0-6821a22b48fb","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5fd6d730-e2a2-4139-bb02-4a59acd8365e","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 186.73297%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] "but I also want to go to bed now. It's great. But I want to sleep." How tight was this? Murray won 196 points, Kokkinakis 192. Credits: Getty Images

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[{"selector":"#anim-b372ce76-2383-4515-a21e-c23baa3a2e74 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-32.53676459991612%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e6a20e3f-c0b1-4af7-90b2-f31cd8c96b9f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-21484f79-1ce0-48d5-8aa3-d6e323177c2c","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 134.92065%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Amazingly, people stayed until the end," said Murray, who won the US Open in 2012, Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016 and is a five-time runner-up at the Australian Open. Credits: Getty Images

[{"selector":"#anim-370df337-0859-4923-b503-5a97f76f4e0c [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(32.99632342623411%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-56d8ee1d-7ebe-4112-a7fa-a80c31a518d3","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ea8a0693-f328-475c-a0dc-eb9d322edfb4","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 172.18774%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] "I don't know who it's beneficial for," Murray said. "A match like that, we come here after the match and that's what the discussion is: Rather than it being Credits: Getty Images

[{"selector":"#anim-7aa52435-72c9-461f-b788-df7cd05d52f2 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.249999886225726%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3be9b70d-f112-4e00-92d3-75bf1c639feb","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ec397f60-0efb-42a8-9b3e-66d23a8e2cdf","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 136.16286%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] it was not the latest finish in Australian Open history. A 2008 match at the tournament between Lleyton Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis concluded at 4:34 a.m. Credits: Getty Images

[{"selector":"#anim-c78ccac7-219e-4f53-87e3-e7a00332134c [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.249999886225726%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d72e05ad-12b8-4b5d-b37d-40dbbd617e1b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b60c3554-b7f0-4ff8-a981-d546792b5c00","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 117.57792%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] This was Murray's second consecutive five-setter: He eliminated No. 13 seed Matteo Berrettini on Tuesday. Kokkinakis is ranked 159th and has never been past the third round Credits: Getty Images

[{"selector":"#anim-89718a35-94cf-44f4-aaf5-b68303956862 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.249999886225726%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-83ddf73d-62cd-449b-99a4-71698221d1f2","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c55832f6-0808-4182-b456-e8c86947379a","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 162.10613%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] First Kokkinakis lost the argument, then he lost his focus, getting broken there and destroying his racket by spiking it on the court. Credits: Getty Images