[Guest post by DRJ]
A Wimbledon tennis match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut has been halted on the second day due to darkness. The match is tied at 59-59 in the 5th set and will resume Thursday.
Wow.
— DRJ
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The happiest person is the winner’s next opponent.
aunursa (484069) — 6/23/2010 @ 7:31 pmReminds me of the dance marathons of the 1920s and 1930s, or maybe those old contests where contestants put their hands on a new car and the last one with his/her hand on it got the car.
jim2 (813bf9) — 6/23/2010 @ 7:42 pm59-59 in games?! Not points. Games. Wow.
Great game by the Americans in the World Cup today. Nothing like waiting until the last minute.
JD (23a165) — 6/23/2010 @ 7:47 pmTennis is soccer for one-person teams.
SPQR (26be8b) — 6/23/2010 @ 8:01 pmgreat sports on the courts and on the pitch for the USA today.
I wonder what the ultimate toll on these two tennis players will be from an orthopaedic? view….89 aces … what does that do to the shoulder during such a (relatively) short period of time?
drone (e62422) — 6/23/2010 @ 8:12 pmComment by drone
Interesting thought. I’m guessing the closest comparison would be a pro baseball pitcher who throws mainly fastballs. In the old days a starting pitcher often went over 100 pitches in a game, I think more like 80+ today before a reliever goes in. But that’s over a 2- 2 1/2 hour game.
Now with a tennis serve there is a larger arc and potentially more leverage on the shoulder along with absorbing impact of racket on ball, as opposed to the smooth motion of a pitch.
On the other hand, you would never ask a starting pitcher to pitch again after only one day’s rest, and I think tennis players do that often.
From what I understand, though, pro tennis players practice many, many hours.
MD in Philly (5a98ff) — 6/23/2010 @ 8:32 pmThey’re actually playing two-man cricket.
kishnevi (6273ad) — 6/23/2010 @ 8:42 pmIf I was the TV producer, I’d being blowing my brains out about hour 6.
lonetown (d7ec3b) — 6/24/2010 @ 2:56 amI’m wondering if thsi throws off the schedules, and by how much. They don’t have lights at Wimbledon, do they?
JEA (dffa7e) — 6/24/2010 @ 5:02 amHow crazy would it be if they didnt finish today
Randy Handbag (1d67d6) — 6/24/2010 @ 8:26 amIt is finally over.
JD (23a165) — 6/24/2010 @ 8:59 amIt is finally over.
And at this point, the fact that one of them won seems trivial…
For the record, final set was Isner 70 Mahut 68
kishnevi (da26af) — 6/24/2010 @ 2:00 pmkish
i assumed they would just keep going for eternity. you know, like guy from the matter universe fighting his anti-matter double, in that episode of star trek…
Aaron Worthing (e7d72e) — 6/24/2010 @ 2:22 pm