John Isner won a three-day battle as he finally brought an end to the longest tennis match ever played with his 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7-9), 7-6 (7-3), 70-68 defeat of Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon yesterday
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| US' John Isner reacts after beating France's Nicolas Mahut yesterday in an epic 11hours and 5min match at Wimbledon yesterday. PIC/AFP |
John Isner won a three-day battle as he finally brought an end to the longest tennis match ever played with his 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7-9), 7-6 (7-3), 70-68 defeat of Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon yesterday. The first-round match lasted well over 10 hours and was stopped due to darkness after the fourth set on Tuesday and at 59-59 in the fifth set Wednesday.
Indians move up in Wimbledon doublesIndia's doubles players, barring Somdev Devvarman, flourished at Wimbledon as seeded stars Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won their opening round matches with their partners and so did Sania Mirza.
Bhupathi and Mark Mirnyi won in straight sets against Maximo Gonzalez and Sebatian Prieto, 7-5, 6-1, 7-5, yesterday. Third seeds Paes and his Czech partner Dlouhy beat Rik de Voest and Mischa Zever 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-3, late Wednesday and they were joined by another Indian Rohan Bopanna, along with Pakistani Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi, beating Somdev Devvarman and Treat Conrad Huey 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (6). Sania and her Danish partner Caroline Wozniacki beat Anne Keethavong and Melanie South, 6-4, 6-1 in women's doubles first round.
