Jordan Thompson has been left exhausted and amazed after a surreal 3am conclusion to the greatest week of his try-try-and-try-again tennis career.
And the 29-year-old, whose triumph as one of the oldest first-time singles winners on the ATP Tour, has good reason to believe his sporting life really will take off at 30 after an incredible night of double success in Mexico stretching across three matches and six-and-three-quarter hours.
The stalwart Sydneysider not only won his first ATP singles title in Los Cabos but, after that dizzying moment, then went on to play two more matches alongside Max Purcell deep into Sunday morning to lift his fourth doubles crown too.
