Wimbledon? Or Is It A Marathon?
As I type this, a first round match at Wimbledon between Nicolas Mahut of France and John Isner of the United States just hit the nine and a half hours mark, tied at 54 games all in the fifth set. The match began yesterday but was postponed due to darkness after 4 sets. Isner leads in winners, 318 to 299. For comparison, Andy Roddick won his last match with 82 winners.
Match stats do not include how many bathroom breaks have been taken.
John Isner in less exhausted times.
The New York Times is live-blogging the match at the aptly named Straight Sets blog and the Guardian has it blogged on local time.
[Update: Play was suspended on day two with the 5th set score tied at 59 games all. The match will resume not before 15:30 local time tomorrow.]
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ClumberKim enjoyed a successful high school tennis career, thanks entirely to a doubles partner with a killer serve.
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