Wimbledon match lasts record 10 hours and counting
On and on and on, and on some more, they played— longer than anyone ever had before. And still there was no winner.
John Isner of the US shows his frustration, during his men's singles match against Nicolas Mahut of France, at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, Wednesday, June 23, 2010.
AP Photo/Alastair Grant
John Isner of Tampa, Fla., and Nicolas Mahut of France were tied at 59-59 in the fifth set at Wimbledon after exactly 10 hours of action when play was suspended because of darkness Wednesday night. It is by far the longest match in terms of games or time in the century-plus history of tennis.
“Nothing like this will ever happen again. Ever,” Isner said.
This is what Bill Hart, who linked the story on Facebook, had to say:
So these blancmanges, blancmange-shaped creatures come from the planet Skyron in the Galaxy of Andromeda. They order 48,000,000 kilts from a Scottish menswear shop ... turn the population of England into Scotsmen (well known as the worst tennis-playing nation on Earth) thus leaving England empty during Wimbledon fortnight! Empty during Wimbledon fortnight ... what's more the papers are full of reports of blancmanges appearing on tennis courts up and down the country - practising. This can only mean one thing!
I dearly love that sketch, so here's the first bit...feel free to watch the others, too:
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