Wimbledon? Or Is It A Marathon?

By | June 23, 2010 | Tennis | Comments Off

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.

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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ClumberKim is a sports geek. The die was cast early, by age 8, when Kim told anyone who would listen that she wanted to be the Boston Bruins statistician when she grew up. She could rattle off the roster by number, position, or hometown. Her sports interests are diverse, ranging from figure skating to football. She loves to watch golf, read books about golf, and trash talk golf, but she has never swung a club. The Fantasia Gardens course at Disney World doesn't count. Her participation in sports is limited to tennis in high school, rugby in college (where she excelled in the third half), and pitching endlessly to her baseball-loving son.

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