John Isner Wins the Never Ending Match

In the midst of the World Cup, Wimbledon has begun. Every year seems to be historic at Wimbledon lately and it seems like the historic thing has already happened in a first round match. John Isner played against Nicolas Mahut for three days as these two took it deep into the fifth set. They played all day yesterday finishing 59-59 in the fifth set having to stop because of darkness. They continued today and John Isner managed to come out on top finally winning it at 70-68. Isner fell down when he won like he had won the tournament itself. It was the longest Tennis match ever at 11 hours and 5 minutes and 183 games in which 138 of them was in the fifth set.

John Isner and Nicolas Mahut will be remembered for this feat and it might go down as one of the most exciting matches ever at the tournament. It was actually surprising to hear about the longest match ever and not see Novak Djokovic as one the players (he takes FOREVER to serve). It's regrettable that something like this, though, was done in the first round and not at the semis or the final. Still it was a great story and definitely one for the ages. Congrats to the New Iron Man, John Isner.

P.S. Okay, John, pick up the pace. Your holding the tournament back. Also, Wimbledon needs to install some lights for the other courts to make sure these games finish quicker (on the same day). Either that or move the match to a court that does.