Insane Wimbledon match

[Duke]

Mahut and Isran started their match yesterday. Went 2-2 in sets, last set needs to be with two games difference as always.

They suspended it again around 22:30 european time, TONGIHT. Score?

59-59 in the final set.


Totally incredible fucking insane.

Gonna continue tomorrow, lmao.

Insane. a good 8 hours on the court today.

 

[Bobby Sands]

id rather watch paint dry.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

I enjoy Tennis and saw alot of this match. Was awesome to witness.

 

[Bobby Sands]

can you get pissed at Wimbledon? surely those spectators would have needed something to keep them going through that.

 

[Cooper]

Yea, I was watching it

 

[Duke]

They should give the guys both a medal just for being out there so long and not collapsing, lol.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

^Pretty much. The endurance is pretty remarkable.

 

[Duke]

Just finished 68-70.

Insane. Will never be forgotten. Glad I witnessed it.

Combined with the Slovak - Italy match this was an insane afternoon.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

^Totally agree.

 

[Bobby Sands]

why did it go on so long?

 

[Duke]

^ Last set needs to be finished with two games difference. For a non-deciding set they'll just play a tiebreak, but they don't do tiebreaks on deciding sets.

It's unreal that it went on for as long as it did, though.

 

[Bobby Sands]

fuck. that is pretty amazing that it went on that long.

they must have been praying for rain lol

 

[Duke]

Thing is, I've watched bits and the quality of play was actually quite high, lol. Remarkable considering the time they spent on the court.

Also, both players hit 100+ aces in this match alone. lmao. A whole lot of pro's don't even get that mark in a lifetime.

At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, the American 23rd seed John Isner beat the French qualifier Nicolas Mahut in the longest match in tennis history, both in terms of time and games played. After 11 hours 5 minutes play over three days, the match finished 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(7), 7–6(3), 70–68. The Chair Umpire throughout the match was Mohamed Lahyani.
The game began at 6.18pm on Tuesday 22 June 2010 before being suspended at two sets each at 9.07pm due to bad light. After resuming on Wednesday at 2.05pm, the record for longest ever match was broken at 5.45pm, before again being suspended at 9.13pm due to bad light, with the score in the final set tied at 59 games all. Play resumed at 3.40pm on Thursday, and finished at 4.49pm, the final set having lasted for 8 hours 11 minutes.
The players have both set and broken numerous other Wimbledon and tennis records, including the Croatian Ivo Karlović's record of 78 aces in one match, which both players surpassed. At the end of play, Isner had 112 aces to Mahut's 103.[1]

Epic.

 

[FroDawgg]

yeah, i don't even care much about tennis (right up there with soccer in my book!), but i was glued to this match. i even watched the last part of it and the cool ceremony after online at work today.

 

[Duke]

^ Props for that. I can't demand you like the sport but good looking out for a unique sporting moment. My sincere thanks.

 

[ArtsyGirl]

I would be more impressed if they made them play the 11 hours 5 minutes straight lol.. I'd seriously be like "fuck it" haha..

 

[Duke]

^ At one point during the second day, somewhere aroudn 52-52, one of them made a dive at a ball and missed it. He tried to get up by doing a simple push-up, but after half an inch off the ground he just caved in again, waited 3 seconds, rolled over and got up the easy way.

That was just lol.

 

[ArtsyGirl]

haha, don't be fancy..

 

[FroDawgg]

Yeah, it was the French guy. I thought it was awesome that he was still giving his all. I would've been dead long before then.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

He lost in 74 minutes in the next round lol.