As I feared, the time never came today when I could just make that post about how ridiculous this match WAS and how the winner was such a warrior and all that. Because for the second straight evening, this same match gets suspended by darkness. They played four sets yesterday, took forever, and it was suspended by darkness. And then today, they came back to play just one set. One set! That's all they came to the courts to decide today. And they didn't even finish one set in seven hours. How does that happen? We head to tomorrow's action to continue this one with the score 59-59 in the fifth set. Unbelievable. "Nothing like this will ever happen again. Ever," said Isner. And he's probably right. You just don't see 10-hour sporting events like this, needing 3 days to decide a single match. It's like playing a 92-inning baseball game or a 21-overtime hockey game. Just absolutely insane. We've witnessed history, and now we'll have to tune back in tomorrow to continue witnessing history. And hopefully finish witnessing history... but who knows anymore?
This is one of the most impressive things I've ever seen. I mean, tennis looks like a fairy sport, but after a half hour of continuous play you're beat. Let alone 10 hours.
ReplyDeleteI don't wanna see a loser in this match, as I almost want them both to win after going that long. The winner of this match is scheduled to play the 3rd round match tomorrow, but that's not happening. They'll probably forfeit because their arms and legs will be ready to fall off.
Great story of Wimbledon, as these two will probably be remembered for this match just as long as whoever wins it. Brilliant.