Original Blog Entry: The longest game in tennis history has come to a stop -- for now at 59-59

truesee — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:38:48 GMT

Meena Hartenstein

DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER John Isner's Wimbledon marathon match suspended as American tied with Nicolas Mahut, 59-59

Wednesday, June 23rd 2010, 4:57 PM

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The match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut became the longest in

Grand Slam history

Alastair GrantMahut is exhausted after playing for 10 hours.

The longest game in tennis history has come to a stop -- for now.

John Isner of Tampa, Fla., and Nicolas Mahut of France, who have been battling it out on the lawns at Wimbledown for over two days, will resume their epic match again Thursday.

The match was suspended Wednesday night at 59-all, due to darkness.

This is the second time the match has been suspended it was first paused on Tuesday night because of darkness after four sets, and resumed Wednesday. Isner and Mahut played more than 80 games in the fifth set alone.

The first-round match, which has gone on more than 9 1/2 hours, broke the record of 6 hours, 33 minutes, set in a 2004 French Open match.

Isner and Mahut have played a total of 118 games so far.

With News Wire Service

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