Karen kachanov lost a record-breaking US Open match to Britain's Dan evans. Karen kachanov has spoken out after losing a record-breaking match to Dan Evans in the first round of the US Open the 23rd seed suffered a huge collapse in the final set losing the last six games in a row as the brick came through 6767 627 644 to 664 at 5 hours and 35 minutes it became the longest match in US Open history do Evans by his own admission has barely won a match this season but he came into his Opening match and Flushing meows with a 40 record against kachanov he took a two- set to one lead but the experienced Russian forced a decider and raced into a 40 lead kachanov also had four break points to go 5- Z up and serve for a bagel but Evans suddenly kicked into life and won six games in a row to upset the world no 22. kachanov has now addressed the match for the first time publicly sharing a lengthy post on social media yesterday I had one of the longest toughest and emotional matches in my career I woke up today with the feeling that I was beaten up with a bat he started by the time Evans and kachan broke the record for the previous longest match in US Open history of 5 hour and 26 minutes semi-final between Michael Chang and Stephan edberg it was clear that both men were cooked and the six a Russian explained just how much he was struggling