Danish qualifier August Holmgren stunned 23rd seed Tomas Machac in a four-and-a-half-hour epic at Wimbledon, prevailing 7-6(5), 6-7(8), 6-7(5), 7-5, 7-6(10-5) to reach the third round on his Grand Slam debut. Ranked No. 192, the 27-year-old saved three match points while trailing 4-5, 0-40 in the fourth set before forcing a deciding tiebreak and sealing victory on Court 12. The contest lasted 4 hours 38 minutes and spanned 64 games, the highest total at the Championships since final-set tiebreaks were introduced, surpassing all previous matches in the so-called tiebreak era. Holmgren had already rescued multiple match points during qualifying and again in the opening round, underscoring a run that has made him the first Danish man to reach Wimbledon’s last 32 since 1993. Holmgren’s marathon comes almost exactly 15 years after John Isner and Nicolas Mahut set the all-time mark with their 11-hour, 183-game encounter that ended 70-68 in the fifth set on the same lawns. Rule changes since that 2010 saga cap deciding sets at a 10-point tiebreak at 6-6, ensuring the new benchmark established by Holmgren and Machac stands within modern constraints but remains well short of the sport’s enduring record.