June 24, 2010 10:12 pm | Updated November 09, 2016 06:33 pm IST - London
Referee Soeren Friemel, centre, calls off the epic men's singles match between John Isner of the U.S., left, and Nicolas Mahut of France,because of bad light, at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, on Wednesday.
John Isner won a three-day battle as he finally brought an end to the longest match ever played in tennis with his 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7-9), 7-6 (7-3), 70-68 defeat Thursday of Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon.
The first round match lasted well over 10 hours, stopped due to darkness after the fourth set on Tuesday and at 59-59 in the fifth set on Wednesday.
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