Mahut – Isner, the neverending match!
59-59 in the fifth. No it’s not a typo, it’s not a joke. Their match will enter a third day tomorrow. They have already played 10 hours! It’s completely crazy.
Records set by John Isner vs. Nicolas Mahut game thus far:
– Longest Playing Time At 9 Hours 58 Minutes (through 2 days)
– Number Of Points Played At 877
– Total Of Aces At 193 (Isner with 98, Mahut with 95)
Mahut: “Everyone wants to see the end, but we’ll be back tomorrow”.
Isner: “Nothing like this will ever happen again, ever”.
Andy Roddick, Mahesh Bhupathi, Laura Robson tweet about this game:
Update: Isner has just won 70-68 after 11 hours and 5 minutes of play!