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Reliving the last 6 minutes of tennis's longest match, ever.
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There is arguably no doubt that this match is possibly the match of the year. Nothing will top it. After witnessing
John Isner and Nicolas Mahut duke it out over three days in a match spanning 11 hours, 5 minutes and finally ending with a final score of 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(7), 6-7(3),
70-68, yes, you read that right. Isner and Mahut's last set spanned two days and 138 games. Eight hours, eleven minutes in the fifth set alone, which is a whopping 98 minutes longer than any
match on record. Yes, the fifth set Isner and Mahut played was longer than the longest recorded match on record.
Ivo Karlovic isn't too happy either, he had to sit out of the Wimbledon Championships this year and sit at home and watch his single match ace record get smashed to pieces. Isner serving off 112 aces, Mahut with 103.
Fellow players from around the ATP had this to say:
Roger Federer: “I've been following this as closely as I could. I walked on court at about 11-all in the fifth. They're still going. This is absolutely amazing… In a way, I wish I was them, in some ways I wish I wasn't them. So this is a very special match. I hope somehow this is going to end. I don't know. They'll be fresh again tomorrow, I guess. If they have to come back, it's unbelievable. I don't know what to say."
Andy Roddick (via Twitter):seriously..... doesn’t anyone have to pee ? umpires included
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