Nicolas Mahut and John Isner will resume playing a Wimbledon Men's Singles 1st Round match on Thursday which has now been suspended twice for darkness after TEN HOURS of play! The match was suspended at 59-59 in the fifth set on Wednesday after the two played for 7 hours and 6 minutes--the longest set of all time and longer than the previous longest match in Grand Slam history. Isner-Mahut is shattering all previous records in a ridiculous number of categories: the number of games played, points played, duration, aces by a player, aces by both players combined, just to name a few.On Tuesday, the two played for 2 hours and 54 minutes, won the first set 6-4, then lost the second 6-3, then lost the third 7-6(9-7) and won the fourth 7-6(10--8). And this is only his second match ever at Wimbledon. He lost in the first round last year. Isner has had four match points, all on Mahut's serve, the very last coming in the 117th game of the 5th set.
Incredible! Tie-break, anyone?
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