Epic tennis match on right now

[Kire]

In case anyone cares, it's 59-59 on the final set of a tiebreaker in Wimbledon, which is apparently the longest match ever.

http://espn.go.com/

UPDATE: ha! It got too dark out so they'll resume tomorrow. This match started yesterday. I've never heard of a tennis match spanning 3 days.

[Ryner]

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59-59? Holy moly.

Edit: For those of you who don't know tennis (and it does have a silly way of scoring), you usually need 6 to win a set... but you've gotta win by 2. So they've played about 106 more games than usually required. And that's not including the previous sets already played.

[Wavelength]

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Absolutely ****ing insane. This is one they'll be telling their grandkids, assuming their hearts hold up after this marathon of a match.

[Kire]

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http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/ten...ory?id=5319726

"They have been playing for a total of exactly 10 hours -- 7 hours, 6 minutes in the fifth set alone, enough to break the full-match record of 6:33, set at the 2004 French Open."

[Hrafn]

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Heh, towards the end either one of them could have been beaten by even a subpar tennis player, I imagine, if a fresh one were to play them. I wonder how far they traveled so far during this behemoth of a match? It doesn't require the constant forward motion of other sports like basketball or football, but a lot of ground had to be covered by the pair regardless when you add it all up.

[Magus]

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Makes the World Cup and its vuvuzela-whatever bull**** look like a puss.

[Hrafn]

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Makes the World Cup and its vuvuzela-whatever bull**** look like a puss.

Soccer does that just fine on its own, it doesn't need help.

[Kire]

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It's over!!! Isner wins at 70-68 in the final set. The match lasted for over 11 hours.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/ten...ory?id=5322284

[Hrafn]

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Damn. The third day of the set still was longer than average. Insane.

[Funk]

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I watched the match today. So epic. I thought it was going to go past 100-99 and then I was getting excited about seeing the scoreboard explode.

[Hrafn]

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They broke it the day before, from what I read, when it hit 100 total games.

[Magus]

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Soccer does that just fine on its own, it doesn't need help.

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