Thursday, June 24, 2010

John Isner Wins the Longest Tennis Game Ever : 11 Hours 5 Minutes

John Isner (L) finally defeats Nicolas Mahut after three days and final set of 70-68.

It was without doubt the most extraordinary, outlandish and terribly wearying tennis match in Wimbledon's 133-year history. Today, in the relative wilds of court No18, the American No.23 seed John Isner finally defeated France's Nicolas Mahut in five sets, 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68. This is not a typo.

The final set of Isner-Mahut, a first round match of stretch limo proportions, ran to a barely comprehensible 138 games(keep reading)

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