Heather Watson and Tara Moore, right, pose after their very late evening second-round win. (Picture by Aaron Scoones, 0601493)

I DON’T think I’ve ever felt as tired after watching any game of sport as I did on Wednesday evening.

You can list all the sporting cliches you want to describe Heather Watson and her partner Tara Moore’s three-set victory over Katarzyna Piter and Romana Tabakova. A rollercoaster, a cliffhanger, an epic of Old Testament proportions, more twists and turns than a bucket of oily eels – take your pick.

In a nutshell, the British pair coasted the first set before having to claw themselves back into the running at 4-4 after being 4-1 down in the second.

They lost the set and then had to fight off match point in the third before the match found itself at seven games all. Watson and Moore proceeded to dig deep to win the set 9-7 and the match.