Fittingly, Pete Sampras, the only other man to have previously won 14 slams, was sat in the Royal Box as a match of unrelenting drama stretched into a fifth hour.

• 皮特-桑普拉斯先前曾是获得14个大满贯冠军的唯一另一个人，他恰当地坐在皇家包厢里，一场不屈不挠的戏剧延续到第5个小时。