Tennis

Glendale · Post by **Glendale** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 12:09 am

Isner vs mahut is in 5th set and its 59-59! Not joking!

bigv038 · Post by **bigv038** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 12:27 am

Does it carry on tomo? Does it have to be played out until theres a winner?

sir ratholer · Post by **sir ratholer** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 12:52 am

I have a bit of financial interest in this, having backed Isner on Monday!!!

To be honest, the only way he was going to win it was if it went to another day, because Mahut looked far less shattered by the end. Isner was just serving and standing there.

Although saying that it wouldn't surprise me at all if there was a retirement overnight as either one will be in a bad way come the morning.

It's 3rd on court tomorrow (stupidly) and apparently the odds are something like 2.5 it's finished tomorrow, 1.6 on friday! Whoever does win is gonna really struggle in the 2nd round, I guess luckily for them they are playing De Bakker who had an epic 16-14 5th set win himself today! Although I'm sure he won't be anywhere near as tired as Isner/Mahut.

sir ratholer · Post by **sir ratholer** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 12:54 am

bigv038 wrote:Does it have to be played out until theres a winner?/

Yeah until one breaks the other's serve, or one of them retires. There's no tiebreak in the 5th set of grand slams, so they continue until there's a 2 game deficit between them...

The sick thing is even the loser of this match will probably have played more games than the eventual winner of Wimbledon!

Shaggerty · Post by **Shaggerty** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 3:10 am

Stopped due to bad light? The balls fucking bright yellow!

thecannonball89 · Post by **thecannonball89** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 1:44 pm

7 hours for a game of tennis is nothing. sit them on a frutopia then see who the real men are.

keno · Post by **keno** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 8:11 pm

I would not like to of been betting on the spread's on this match

PMK · Post by **PMK** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 8:42 pm

What was the final outcome in this one?

Glendale · Post by **Glendale** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:01 pm

70-68 to isner, took 11 hours!

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:03 pm

I don't follow tennis but it must have took an unreal effort from both sides to get to this scoreline, hats off to both!!!!

Nixxy · Post by **Nixxy** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:31 pm

Hats off especially to Mahut - who boldly wandered out to play a men's doubles match this evening, on the very same court 18 .... must be sick of the sight of it!