The Official Wimbledon Thread vol.. Fed v. Rafa

[drop knee 101]

damn

 

[noskey]

It's still going?! What the #%%#?

I have a feeling these dudes met up last night and formed a plan to see just how long they could make a game go.

 

[airgerald23]

this is getting ridiculous!!!

 

[Sinner]

Well at least this Frenchman isn't giving up. 

 

 

[drop knee 101]

mahut has 95 aces......insane

 

[drop knee 101]

repost

 

[drop knee 101]

mahut has 95 aces......insane


59 all and they are gonna call the match?

 

[tsamshox]

Play suspended for tomorrow

 

[noskey]

Day 3 tomorrow. This is *%*#%++ wild. ESPY's are gonna be swept by this match.

 

[Sinner]

Oh no... they're suspending the match due to darkness (for Mahut anyway) for the second time. This will continue tomorrow... AGAIN! 3-day match!

 

[arstyle27]

To be continued.......this is beyond epic...lol....over ten hours spanning the course of 3 days !!

 

[youngbuck32]

This match should be used as the prime example why there shouldn't be equal pay among men & women at grand slams...

Oh yeah the rise of the tall servers without any return game is going to be the death of tennis. No way should Mahut have that many aces and holding serve that easily for this long.

 

[frank 7he t4nk]

^

 

[proshares]

Originally Posted by SinnerP

Well at least this Frenchman isn't giving up. 

 

 

[jrp44]

Originally Posted by Proshares

Originally Posted by SinnerP

Well at least this Frenchman isn't giving up. 

 

This is insane though....How the hell can they even stand up? lmao

 

[longrange3ball]

wow, i just heard the news...

59-59?!?!?!?!

My God... that is so unreal. I played two sets of tennis yesterday and I was butt tired.

 

[fundamental21ticket]

I don't know if this is amazing or pathetic. I mean by the 50th time you'd think you'll be able to break your opponent.

 

[smedroc]

Seriously though, how these guys gonna wake up in the morning??

 

[jpioneer]

I would've been laughing my $#@ off on the field after 50 points

 

[bangdak]

Their endurance is crazy...



was anyone watching this game?

 

[tsamshox]

Does anybody else feel this match is verging on pathetic? Just throwing it out there

....

 

[Sinner]

Originally Posted by Fundamental21Ticket

I don't know if this is amazing or pathetic. I mean by the 50th time you'd think you'll be able to break your opponent.

You can't just break your opponent when they're both that well.  
As ridiculous as it may seem, and looking at the 5th set stats alone, both guys seemed to have served extremely well... 
http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/scores/stats/day10/1160ms.html

Both had a huge amount of aces and had a high % of winners on their serves which meant that it was difficult for the returner to get anything.  155/33 (Mahut) and 154/28 (Isner) in winners/unforced errors also says a lot.  

Anyway, some more crazy stats from Yahoo! Tennis

Among the other remarkable statistics from the match:

— It's the longest match in tennis history: 10 hours. The previous record was 6 hours, 33 minutes.

— Longest set in tennis history: 118 games.

— Most games in tennis history: 163 (previous record was 112).

— Both players broke the ATP record for most aces in a match. Isner had 98, Mahut hit 94. The previous record was 78. Combined, the two had 192 aces, more than double the old record of 84.

— Mahut had just three break points during the entire match.

— The first four sets took 2 hours, 54 minutes. The fifth set is at 7 hours, 6 minutes and counting.

— Mahut won 448 points to Isner's 428. Isner had more winners: 333 to 318.

— The final set is longer than the previous longest match in tennis history. That was 6 hours, 33 minutes.  

— Isner had four match points, one at 11-10, two others at 33-32 and another at 59-58. The first and last match points came nearly six hours apart.

— At 50-50, Mahut had two break points and Isner promptly served a 134 mph ace.

— With Mahut serving at 52-53, the pair exchanged a 16-shot rally which ended with a Mahut forehand winner. It was the longest rally of the match. On the next point, Mahut dove for a backhand at the baseline following another long rally.

— The players took their first bathroom break at 58-58. While walking in the tunnel, they exchanged pleasantries, the first time they had spoken all evening.

— Mahut only qualified for Wimbledon after winning a qualifying match in a 24-22 final set.  

— The match is almost two hours longer than the longest Major League Baseball game in history (an 8:06 game between the White Sox and Brewers in 1984).

— The scoreboard stopped working at 47-47.

We'll never see the likes of this again.

The scoreboard stopped working after 50-games-all... 

 

[crazy dav0]

just crazy ... props 2 both for not giving in .... it needs 2 end though

 

[khoshabasfinest23]

Originally Posted by YoungBuck32

This match should be used as the prime example why there shouldn't be equal pay among men & women at grand slams...

Oh yeah the rise of the tall servers without any return game is going to be the death of tennis. No way should Mahut have that many aces and holding serve that easily for this long.

you got that right on equal pay. This match is now over 10 hours which is more on court time than it took Serena to win her Wimbledon title last year. I will never understand how anyone thinks their pay should be equal to mens. Best of 3 sets

 

[shogun]

I hope today it's more than just them trading points on serve for a few hours.