Jason Kubler was not expected to beat Russian 18th seed Karen Khachanov but he put up a typically dogged fight, epitomised by a ridiculously long rally to break his more fancied opponent at a crucial point in their second-round match.
Eight of those backhands were sliced, mostly from Kubler's end, and all but 13 of the groundstrokes went cross-court.
Kubler watched the replay of the rally and said in his post-match press conference, despite winning the point, he was not really in charge of it. "At the time I was pretty buggered but I watched it and I'm like 'I'm not hitting the ball good at all', I was hitting it so soft," Kubler said."It was awesome that I ended up winning it.
"I think I had a really long rally in Adelaide against [Tomas Martin] Etcheverry but I ended up losing it, so I saw that everywhere and I didn't really enjoy it too much. "Super pumped. I don't think I've ever had a rally that long before and I'm definitely going to be sharing it on my Instagram."
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