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The unprecedented match have been happenned in the first round of Wimbledon. The American 23rd seed John Isner beat the French qualifier Nicolas Mahut in the longest match in tennis history, measured both by time and number of games. The match finished 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(9–7), 7–6(7–3), 70–68 and set several tennis records, including:
- Longest match (11 hours, 5 minutes).
- Longest set (the fifth set required 8 hours, 11 minutes).
- Most games in a set (138 in the fifth set).
- Most games in a match (183).
- Most aces in a match by one player (Isner, 113).
- Total aces in a match (Mahut's 103 aces, the second highest number by a player in a match, brought the total to 216).
- Consecutive service games held (168: 84 for each player).
We subscribe to Novak Djokovic words: John Isner and Nicolas Mahut are both winners.
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