what to say?
Let's start by saying, all I knew about John Isner and that Mahut guy (I really should find out what his first name was) was that Isner was creepily tall and the Mahut guy (he can just be called that :)) was the dude who won his last set 24-22 in his last qualifying round. D=
That dude is clearly made of... epic proportions.
Checklist:
- played ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN GAMES IN THE 5TH SET
- previous record was 6hrs and 34 minutes at Roland Garros 2004 I think WELL, THEIR game lasted 10 bloody heart-stroking hours, dubbed by the UK Herald as a '10-hour freak show' - that sounds about right to me - officially longest tennis match ever in the history of tennis in a grand slam, probably anywhere, and will probably stay that way until the human race ceases to remain on Planet Earth
- each player beat previous record of most aces in match. previous record was set by Ivo Karlovic of 70-something aces- impressive enough. BUT along comes Isner with 98 aces and Mahut with with 95. someone should really check if they're actually human D=
- players with most courage and bravery and determination and most damn-this-i'm-just-gonna-get-that-ball-even-if-it-means-i-have-to-kill-myself-reaching-for-it attitude =D. in the 5th set at 49-50, Isner hits the ball into Mahut's left forehand corner and its so wide out and most players would just be like 'i give up. can't be stuffed. i'll just leave that point be' but NOOOOOOO mahut goes for it and hits the ball and hits so hard that the racket flies out of his hand and he is literally jumping through the air for like 10seconds. i am thoroughly concerned for their mental strength and health. how concerned i am :) HONESTLY, they just kept GOING and GOING.
This morning, Gen told me in Geo about how there was some game at Wimby that lasted 10 hours and I seriously thought she was trying to trick me and see if I would believe her but honestly, who would????? so i went on the wimby site, and hey presto! '10-hours tussle match' =O <---- that my friends was my expression except my mouth was something like a gazillion times bigger
so there you go. some matches are just made of epic proportions. hope they don't die in the process of trying to win a first round match at Wimby. have fun guys =P
just take a look at that scoreboard... and isner
play finally suspended due to darkness. hehehe. isner with his hump-looking but sticking out. it looks like mahut is ready to eat isner up :) that brings me to a vital question: how'd they pee and poop and eat during the match?????? i would be starving. load up on carbs boys
mahut and that ball he went for :) talk about determination and exhaustion