35-year-old Haas beats Isner on 13th match point – 13th! – to reach 4th round at French

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Tommy Haas of Germany returns against John Isner of the U.S. in their third round match at the French Open tennis tournament, at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Saturday, June 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

PARIS – After letting 12 match points — 12! — slip away in the fourth set, 35-year-old Tommy Haas came back from a break down in the fifth and beat John Isner 7-5, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-7 (10), 10-8 at the French Open on Saturday.

The match lasted 4 hours, 37 minutes. That’s nothing, of course, compared to the 11-plus hours Isner played across three days during a record-breaking victory that went to 70-68 in the fifth set at Wimbledon in 2010.

Haas was one point away from winning 12 times late in the fourth set Saturday, but couldn’t close it out.

He was 2 for 22 on break-point chances until converting his 23rd when Isner put a volley in the net. Haas then served out the victory.

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