{
  "id": 6224995,
  "title": "Dutchman who knocked de Minaur out of US Open stages epic comeback",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/dutchman-who-knocked-de-minaur-out-of-us-open-stages-epic-comeback-6224995",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T03:13:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News",
    "slug": "abc-news",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-08/us-open-comeback-for-botic-van-de-zandschulp/107128698"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dutch tennis player Botic van de Zandschulp staged a remarkable comeback to reach the US Open quarterfinals. The 30-year-old overcame a two-set deficit and survived match point against French lucky loser Arthur Gea, winning 3-6, 6-7(0), 7-6(7), 7-6(3), 6-4. The match lasted 5 hours and 13 minutes, making it the fourth-longest match in US Open history. Van de Zandschulp expressed his excitement about his second US Open quarterfinal appearance, saying it was better than his previous quarterfinal in 2021. In other quarterfinal matches, Alexander Blockx from Belgium advanced past 24th seed Francisco Cerundolo, while Karen Khachanov also made it through after defeating American 14th seed Learner Tien. Meanwhile, men's number one seed Alexander Zverev will face Italian 21st seed Luciano Darderi in the final match of the day.",
  "summary": "Botic van de Zandschulp comes from two sets down and survives a match point to win the fourth-longest match in US Open history.",
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        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Dutchman who knocked de Minaur out of US Open stages epic comeback",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/dutchman-who-knocked-de-minaur-out-of-us-open-stages-epic-comeback",
        "published": "2026-09-08T03:13:42.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}