Dan Evans reveals he is 'hurting all over' after coming through longest match in US Open history - and insists: 'I'll remember it forever!'

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Dan Evans pulled off some incredible feats of escapology alongside Andy Murray at the Olympics but this was his best trick yet – and a comeback of which the great Scot himself would have been proud.

In the longest match in US Open history, Evans trailed Karen Khachanov 4-0, 40-15 in the deciding set but reeled off six games on the trot.

'It was a hell of a match,' said Evans. 'I just tried to keep fighting. I thought I was out, felt a little sorry for myself and then was trying to get myself going. I didn't want to go out in a Slam with not much fight, with a whimper after… I don't even know how long the match was.

'I could see he was struggling a bit and I just tried to just grab a game at a time. My serve was obviously really, really, really bad because of my body, I've got a bad headache now.'

He will have to recover from this five hour and 35 minute epic in time to face Argentina's Mariano Navone tomorrow.

Dan Evans celebrates after sealing a win over Karen Khachanov in a historic US Open match

Evans reaches for his partner Aleah in the crowd after the five-hour and 35-minute epic

Evans was exhausted at the end of the match - but will have to play again on Wednesday

'I was hurting all over really. I'll obviously be in a bit of discomfort for the next few hours. I pride myself on being pretty fit, so I should hopefully be OK.'

­Evans was visibly flagging at 4-0 down in the final set but he chipped and volleyed and eked his way back into it. They passed the record of five hours and 26 minutes set by Stefan Edberg and Michael Chang in the 1992 semi-finals as Evans won 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4.

The 34-year-old Evans had not won a tour match since March and has even talked of potential retirement but what a performance this was. He relishes chopping a bigger man down to size and he has won all five of his meetings with Khachanov.

'When you're a kid, you're just told to fight until the end,' he said. 'That's rule one. I've done it pretty consistently for my career and it paid off today.

'Just a crazy, crazy match. It's one I'll remember obviously forever but I don't really want to do that again, that's for sure.'