Zverev after 2 a.m. thriller: "This is the match I needed" VIDEO

After nearly five hours of play, Zverev beat Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-5, 6-4 at around 2 a.m. The German was on the brink of elimination — with Sonego leading 5-4 in the fourth set, Zverev was serving and the Italian was just two points away from victory. But the world No. 2 somehow found a way out of an almost lost situation. "I’m just happy I won. That’s it," a visibly relieved Zverev said after the match. Zverev was playing as the top seed at a Grand Slam