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I'm lost for words really.Small Quote said:It was when the scoreboard packed in at 47 games apiece in the fifth set that you genuinely began to fear for the players' sanity.
When France's Nicolas Mahut and the USA's John Isner strolled out on to Court 18 just before 1400 BST on Wednesday to polish off their first round match, two sets apiece, barely anyone gave them a second look. The first set had lasted 32 minutes, the second 29. "A quick spot of tennis," you can imagine a spectator saying, "and then we'll pop off for lunch."
Just over seven hours later, the score locked at 59 games each, nobody would have been surprised to hear a Red Cross aeroplane drone overhead and start dropping food parcels.
John Isner (Left) and Nicolas Mahut (Right)
:http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tomfordyce/2010/06/maraat.html
:http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/wimbledon/8757404.stm
Isner + Mahut (wimbledon) 2010
Legends
Congratulations to both of them and to Isner for finally Winning that 11Hr+ Match
The Scores (3rd and 4th Sets Tie Break):
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
6-4 3-6 6-7 7-6 70-68
Tie Break (7-9) (7-3)
It was an incredible match, so many records broken by these 2 amazing tennis players in one match.
For those of you that don't know much about tennis:
Mens Singles - 3 Sets Required to win.
Sets 1-4 if resulting in 6 games to 6 7th game is a Tie-Break winner takes the Set.
If The Match goes to 5 Sets players keeping player as usual, if the game ties at 6 all they STILL carry on until one of the players is 2 games ahead of the other.
The Average Match Lasts between 2-3 hours.
This 1 Match went on for over 11hours and across 3 days.