Today was a special day in tennis history as John Isner and Nicolas Mahut played one of the epic matches in history. Isner won 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68!
The match lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes over a period of three days and had 215 aces recorded by the players. Isner had 112 and Mahut had 103.
** Special note: During the time of the playing of this match the national debt in the United States went up $1,700,000,000.00.
USA!! USA!! USA!! USA!!
ReplyDeleteIsner's epic win nets him at least an additional $7,500 in prize money. That's the difference between 1st round (11,250) and 2nd round losers (18,750).
ReplyDelete5th set:
70 + 68 = 138 games - 13 (tiebreak set 7-6) = an extra 125 games. divided into 7,500 = $60 game for the extra effort./
Any takers on him winning his 2nd round match??
My son Mitch tried to match Isner's acomplishment at Wimbledon but fell short 6-3 3-6 14-16 today.
ReplyDeleteI hope he still has skin on his toes unlike Isner...
ReplyDeleteMyron: was watching the score line of Mitchell's match while at work, tough loss, but a very good showing against a seeded player. Good luck to him.
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