The Latest: Cilic, de Minaur head to 5th set after 1 a.m.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):1:25 a.m.
No. 7 seed Marin Cilic, the 2014 U.S. Open champion, and 19-year-old Alex de Minaur are heading to a fifth set in their third-round match.
Cilic dropped the opening two sets 6-4, 6-3, before tying the match by taking the next two 6-3, 6-4.
They have been playing for a little more than 3 hours in Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Because of lengthy matches during the day session, they didn't start playing until about 10:20 p.m.
Now they could approach — or surpass — the record for latest finish in a U.S. Open match: 2:26 a.m.___11:20 p.m.
Novak Djokovic moved closer to a possible U.S.