Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Longest Tennis Match Ever! ~ Wimbledon SUSPENDS Game After 10 Hours

Epic doesn't even begin to cover it.

After ten hours, 153 games and almost 1,000 points, American John Isner and Frenchman Nicolas Mahut were locked at 59-59 in the fifth-set of their historic first-round match at Wimbledon when play was suspended for the second straight day due to darkness.

You read the score correctly: 59-59.
The game is not over yet!!! US John Isner exhausted after hours of playing against France's Nicolas MahutNicolas Mahut of France has his raquet handed to him during his first round match against John Isner of USA on Day Three of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club

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