swva_fan 94 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 The longest match tennis has ever seen between American John Isner and France’s Nicolas Mahut was halted at 59-59 in the fifth set after an astonishing ten hours when bad light halted play on Wednesday. The previous record of six hours 33 minutes was set when Fabrice Santoro beat Arnaud Clement at the French Open in 2004. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VivaFutbol 10 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 After the US game I turned it on. Watched it from like 27-27 on. There is no doubt I will be watching tomorrow. I truly never watch men's tennis because to me it is all about power and never as exciting as the girls game (and of course the hotties), but this actually kept me away from the World Cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VHSLhelper 571 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 10 hours over TWO days... this was susp. Tuesday due to darkness after 4 sets and about 2 hours... today was just the 5th set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhs7695 185 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 That is just insane! Those guys will see each other in their nightmares for days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 The longest match tennis has ever seen between American John Isner and France’s Nicolas Mahut was halted at 59-59 in the fifth set after an astonishing ten hours when bad light halted play on Wednesday. The previous record of six hours 33 minutes was set when Fabrice Santoro beat Arnaud Clement at the French Open in 2004. This is insane. Absolutely insane. They've played the equivalent of 2 full matches. Combine (1) advances in equipment with (2) stupid tiebreak rules, and you get a marathon like this. Don't get me wrong, I'm captivated. But I don't know if it's good for the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VivaFutbol 10 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 To me, the later games were not tennis. It was serve it ace, serve it return point, serve it ace...ect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueinbama 259 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 To me, the later games were not tennis. It was serve it ace, serve it return point, serve it ace...ect. Isner was exhausted...about to fall on his face. Mahut looked almost fresh, definitely in better shape. A lot of that had to do with the contrast in size. Isner is very tall and rangy, with a lot more body to move around (I believe I heard one of the commentators say he was 6’ 7). Mahut is more compact. I was surprised Mahut was the one calling for a stoppage, and Isner looked like he was disappointed. Hopefully today both guys will take a few more chances and someone will end this, because around the 30th point yesterday I was getting very bored with it all. I am looking forward to seeing how this ends, but I hope it ends quickly today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/wimbledon10/news/story?id=5322284 It's OVER! 70-68 in the 5th set. Looks like a basketball score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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