A SNAPSHOT OF PLAY ON DAY FOUR AT THE US OPEN:
PLAYER OF THE DAY: Shelby Rogers - the unseeded American thrilled home fans by winning the longest recorded women's match in US Open history, a three-hour, 33-minute epic against Australian No.1 Daria Gavrilova.
STAT OF THE DAY: Title favourite Roger Federer denied Mikhail Youzhny 6-1 6-7 (3-7) 4-6 6-4 6-2 to open his record 65th grand slam tournament with back-to-back five-setters for the first time in his career.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "It was always going to be me. I was always going to be in the records for the longest match somewhere, so I'm not surprised," Gavrilova said after her 7-6 (8-6) 4-6 7-6 (7-5) defeat.
HOW THE AUSSIES FARED: While Gavrilova suffered heartbreak, John Millman secured a place in the third round for the first time with a 6-1 7-6 (7-1) 6-1 rout of Malek Jaziri and Nick Kyrgios teamed with countryman Matt Reid to win their doubles opener.
UPSET ALERT: Seventh-seed Cincinnati Masters champion Grigor Dimitrov crashed out with a 7-5 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 loss to Andrey Rublev in the day's biggest shock.
TOURNAMENT SUMMARY: Federer scraped through, while sixth seed Dominic Thiem and women's world No.1 Karolina Pliskova also survived scares. Others to advance included fourth seed Elina Svitolina and former champion Juan Martin del Potro.
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