Wimbledon 2010

[Misfit]

At 6 hours 34 minutes it became the longest match ever. That was at 32-32.

It's now 36-35 (on serve) and 7 hours 5 minutes in and broken the 112 games in a match record from 1969.

[Misfit]

43-42 on serve.

The set hits the 5 hour mark. Meaning they have been on court 5 hours today (and 3 more last night). Which is quite a lot in today's heat.

Getting bored now...

[Guru-Meditation]

This fifth set alone will soon be longer than any match in Grand Slam history.

[Rib]

This fifth set alone will soon be longer than any match in Grand Slam history.

lol 51 games each so far.

[Guru-Meditation]

Couple of fantastic exchanges in the last game. Considering how long they've been going at it they're playing really well

[fog]

I'm not a huge tennis fan but that was amazing. Just a shame in a way they didn't manage to finish tonight.

Resuming tomorrow at 59-59

[Guru-Meditation]

Including the qualifying rounds (3, 2 of which were best of 3 sets) Mahut has played 293 games (won 154).

When Federer completed his epic 30 game 5th set against Roddick in last years Wimbledon he had played a total of 277 games (won 159) to win the tournament.

Mahut still hasn’t gotten out of the first round.

[Misfit]

Quite astounding.

I hope it doesn't fizzle out with a quick break tomorrow. Although you have to question if Isner is going to be able to walk...

[Orava]

Jolly good, well done. Can we have some PIMMS now?

[Portland]

Regardless of who wins, opponent for next round is doing this

[Viscount Charles]

Am I the only one who thinks "betting scam" whenever they see a freak sporting result like that?

[Misfit]

Am I the only one who thinks "betting scam" whenever they see a freak sporting result like that?

Nah, just too freakish.

The book makers would all be screaming foul today if they'd taken massive bets on something as bizarre as that with two unknowns.

[funkstar]

Regardless of who wins, opponent for next round is doing this

He'll be tired himself - it'll be Thiemo De Bakker won a five setter 16-14 earlier in the day.

Also:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/ju ... ennis-live#

[Misfit]

Regardless of who wins, opponent for next round is doing this

He'll be tired himself - it'll be Thiemo De Bakker won a five setter 16-14 earlier in the day.

Also:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/ju ... ennis-live#

Always watch the BBC live text feeds on lots of events. They tend to be great. Hadn't realised others did the same. Like the summary....

9.25pm: Last thoughts before I ring me a hearse. That was beyond tennis. I think it was even beyond survival, because there is a strong suggestion (soon to be confirmed by doctors) that John Isner actually expired at about the 20-20 mark, and Mahut went soon afterwards, and the remainder of the match was contested by Undead Zombies who ate the spectators during the change of ends (again, this is pending a police investigation).

Still, if you're going to watch a pair of zombies go at each other for eleventy-billion hours, far into the night, it might as well be these zombies. They were incredible, astonishing, indefatigable. They fell over frequently but they never stayed down. My hat goes off to these zombies. Possibly my head goes off to them too.

It's a crying shame that someone has to lose this match but hey-ho, that's tennis. The historic duel between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut will resume tomorrow and play out to its conclusion. Possibly. Maybe they'll just keep going into Friday and Saturday, Sunday and Monday; belting their aces and waiting for that angel to come and lead them home. As the woman in the stands might say, "Wa-ha-la-wa-ha-la-la-la!"

[Dio]

Always watch the BBC live text feeds on lots of events. They tend to be great. Hadn't realised others did the same.

The Guardian pretty much started it off in this country with their over-by-overs of the 2005 Ashes, the BBC picked it up the following year.