Tennis, also called white sport, has become one of the spectacles that draws the most attention around the world.
The presence of important figures such as Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and the now retired Roger Federer, marked a before and after in tennis, which, by its rules, does not have a time limit, but rather the winner is determined when he obtains a certain amount of sets.
By not having an estimated time, like soccer, which is 90 minutes in a normal case, tennis players can spend hours on the court disputing points so as not to give up.
This was the longest match in tennis history, so far
This is what happened in the game Wimbledon in 2010 between John Isner and Nicolás Mahut, who played the longest match in the history of the sport, playing a total of 11 hours and 5 minutes.
In the first round, where no one expected a great show, the American and the Frenchman marked a milestone that has not been erased.
Everything was going on normally during the first four sets, where the accumulated time was close to three hours of play, something relatively normal in this type of match. But everything changed in the fifth and final set, when the definition lasted for eight hours, in this round alone.
The tie break was not enough to unbalance this situation, which extended to 70-68 in favor of Isner.
John Isner vs. Nicolas Mahut
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BEN STANSALL / AFP
The impressive duration records in tennis
As for the female branch, The record is held by Vicki Nelson-Dunbar and Jean Hepner, who in 1984 played for 6 hours and 31 minutes in the first round of the Virginia Slims circuit tournament in Richmond.
Although this one has not been surpassed, other matches have been relatively close to doing so, such as the recent game at the WTA in Beijing, where Sara Sorribes won the Chinese 6-7(5), 7-5, 7-5. Gao Xinyu after 4 hours and 15 minutes, establishing the fourth longest match in the history of women’s tennis.
