Ten hours of play, 59-59 in the final set, an anthology's match at Wimbledon.
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By itself, the fifth set of the first-round match at Wimbledon between Nicolas Mahut and John Isner has already lasted longer than the longest match in tennis history. And the meeting is not even finished! Started tuesday this match, which brought down all previous records, was suspended Wednesday after ten hours of play exactly on the score of 59-59 in the fifth inning that began in the early afternoon. The previous record for the longest match belonged to Arnaud Clement and Fabrice Santoro with a marathon of 6 h 33 mn at Roland Garros in 2004.
At 22 h 10 (21 h 10 in London), French and American have decided to adopt a fee agreement and arrange to meet a third time on Thursday to end a game of legend, arrested by darkness after four sets Monday (4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-7) and continued for seven hours Tuesday.
"A THING OF MARTIAN"
"He is a champion, I have to struggle like I have never done, we'll come back tomorrow and we'll see, but it's an amazing moment. I do not know what to say, I do not know how many hours we played, " commented at the exit of the terrain an heroic Mahut, who had already secured their participation in the tournament, winning 24-22 in the deciding set of his second qualifying lap.
"That will never happen again something like that, we serves both in a so fantastic manner" responded on it's side Isner, author of ... 98 aces against 94 Mahut, record Ivo Karlovic (78) sprayed, in a play where the break opportunities were rare. Isner is the only one who provided game balls, one at 9-8, two at 33-32 and at 59-58, rejected by an ace by Mahut, who seemed to be the freshest of two at the end - provisionally - of the game.
Several other records, such as the number of games played in a match, were beaten during the party, wich held the audience incredulous and the other players via their television. "It is unimaginable, we do not know whether to laugh or cry," responded Roger Federer, like all his colleagues nailed to a television to watch this incredible game. Gael Monfils, himself, spoke of a "trick of Martian".
http://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article...ogie-pour-mahut-a-wimbledon_1377831_3242.html
By itself, the fifth set of the first-round match at Wimbledon between Nicolas Mahut and John Isner has already lasted longer than the longest match in tennis history. And the meeting is not even finished! Started tuesday this match, which brought down all previous records, was suspended Wednesday after ten hours of play exactly on the score of 59-59 in the fifth inning that began in the early afternoon. The previous record for the longest match belonged to Arnaud Clement and Fabrice Santoro with a marathon of 6 h 33 mn at Roland Garros in 2004.
At 22 h 10 (21 h 10 in London), French and American have decided to adopt a fee agreement and arrange to meet a third time on Thursday to end a game of legend, arrested by darkness after four sets Monday (4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-7) and continued for seven hours Tuesday.
"A THING OF MARTIAN"
"He is a champion, I have to struggle like I have never done, we'll come back tomorrow and we'll see, but it's an amazing moment. I do not know what to say, I do not know how many hours we played, " commented at the exit of the terrain an heroic Mahut, who had already secured their participation in the tournament, winning 24-22 in the deciding set of his second qualifying lap.
"That will never happen again something like that, we serves both in a so fantastic manner" responded on it's side Isner, author of ... 98 aces against 94 Mahut, record Ivo Karlovic (78) sprayed, in a play where the break opportunities were rare. Isner is the only one who provided game balls, one at 9-8, two at 33-32 and at 59-58, rejected by an ace by Mahut, who seemed to be the freshest of two at the end - provisionally - of the game.
Several other records, such as the number of games played in a match, were beaten during the party, wich held the audience incredulous and the other players via their television. "It is unimaginable, we do not know whether to laugh or cry," responded Roger Federer, like all his colleagues nailed to a television to watch this incredible game. Gael Monfils, himself, spoke of a "trick of Martian".
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