Wow, this was an unbelievable match! On Tuesday, June 22nd, a tennis thriller between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut begun at the small court No.18 which has the capacity of about 700. This was to be a standart match without a favorite. However, this was not a standart match! It was suspended 2 times and these 2 guys had been fighting on the court 11 hours and 5 minutes before Isner threaded a backhand pass up the line and won this epic match. The match which will probably be the longest tennis match for a very very long time.
By the way, the final result was: 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7-9), 7-6 (7-3), 70-68.

Thanks to the fifth set, lasting 8 hours and 11 minutes, this match begun the longest match ever. It exceeded the previous longest match, the 2004 French Open duel between Frenchmen Fabrice Santoro and Arnaud Clement, by a incredible 4 hours and 32 minutes!
The combined ace stopped at 215, with Isner hammering down 112, just nine more than Frenchman on 103. Both of them broke the previous record of the highest number of aces in one match, 77 aces hold by Ivo Karlovic.

The exhaustion was enormous:

After the match-point, John Isner was like winning the Grandslam trophy:

Finally, you can look at the statistics from the match:
Match duration: 11 hours, five minutes
Fifth set duration: Eight hours, 11 minutes
Total number of games: 183
Fifth set number of games: 138
Total number of points: 980
Isner aces: 112
Mahut aces: 103
Combined aces: 215
Isner winners: 246
Mahut winners: 244

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