Tennis players Dominic Thiem and Diego Schwartzman are heading to a fifth set in their French Open quarterfinal after more than 4 1/2 hours on court already.
US Open champion Thiem is trying to reach the semifinals at Roland Garros for the fifth year in a row.
He was the runner-up to Rafael Nadal in 2018 and 2019.
The 12th-seeded Schwartzman, who is Jewish, is hoping to get to his first Grand Slam semifinal. He came into this match with an 0-3 record in major quarterfinals.
Schwartzman won the first set in a tiebreaker, and was close to taking the second and third, too, but Thiem grabbed each of those. Thiem was two points away from winning the match at 6-5 in the fourth set, and again in the ensuing tiebreaker, but Schwartzman eventually evened the match at Court Philippe Chatrier and sent it to a fifth.
The winner will next play 12-time champion Nadal or 19-year-old Jannik Sinner, whose quarterfinal was scheduled to begin later Tuesday.
— AP
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