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Been going 6 and a half hours... whoever loses this is going to be devastated.

just switched over to this

at what point would you just say "fuck it, you win"?

i hope it never ends

32-32

Crazy. Now officially the longest tennis match in history!

How will it end. Neither looks like breaking

Even longer than Gonzales v Passarell ?  :o

Before the introduction of tie breaks, the longest match at Wimbledon was 112 games. This match has some way to go to beat that!

Edit: Reg has already eluded to it.

I'm just going by what the commentators said...

Probably since the introduction of the tie break.

The ever-reliable wikipedia says

 Longest match: The Wimbledon 2010 first round match between Nicolas Mahut and John Isner (In Progress)- 32 all and still going, now longest match ever.

Ah, by time possibly. Not by number of games, yet.

2 match points for Isner!

Ooh. 2 match points for Isner...

From the BBC:

Ridiculous but record breaking as it becomes officially the longest tennis match in history when it goes past six hours and 34 minutes. A 'shock' graphic will have to do the job.

Nicely rescued.  Deuce.

33-33

Crowd chanting sieg Heil

i think im going to cheer for mahut

"We want 7 (hours)!"

Isner's pissing it on his serve...

only 13 minutes to go, come on 7 hours

I've just turned it on - It'll end now!

One's a yank, one's french. I don't want to support either.

in a alan partridge style "lovely stuff"

You would've thought the French guy would've surrendered by now...

Haha. I probably laughed a bit too much at that.

The Yank's seeded 23 so for that reason I want Mahut to win...

Hahaha!  Someone from the crowd shouted "Hurry up!  I want to go home."

Isner's pissing it on the service game. Shame he can't return for shit though.

come on frenchieee

Deuce.  C'mon Mahut!!!

crap

Bottler.

6h 54m....

a true frenchman

The final sets been going for 4 hours....

Bored now

Isner looks fucked.

35-35.

6h 59m

Are you surprised by that?

Still got a cracking serve on him.

7 hours and counting

The longest ever set is currently 37-39. Nearly there.

When does euthanasia become an option?  One of these needs to be put out of their misery...

35-36.

Isner's cracking...

...or not

From the BBC:

They would definitely have to stop at 100 because it would clock the scoreboard, so the end is in sight.

Hahah.

38-38

133 mph on that last serve... how?!

It's still going... 5th set has now lasted 5 hrs and we're creeping up to the 8 hr mark.

42-43.

44-44...

Did I hear the commentator right, the winner has to play again tomorrow?

Yeah, what's wrong with that.  Lazy bloody professionals.

46-47!

They were talking about this on the radio earlier and saying they'd have to have a break at 6 hours so the umpire can have a pee! Six hours!

Isner's due to play in a doubles after this match :D

Isner has served 92 Aces !

They're going for rock, paper, scissors if it gets to 50-50.

50-49 now.

Crazy stuff.

Fuckin' hell i'm glad I stopped watching, was really boring

2 break points Mahut. COME ON!

Isner saves it. 50-51.

I think this might lead to tie breaks in the 5th at Wimbledon somehow.

Fuck me, i left my house at 10 to 6 to play my own tennis match, just got back and they're still at it.

Surely they must be getting sick of bananas by now.

Yeh i went out at 37-37 and they're still playing, Fucking hell!!

Nearly 9 hours!

Apparently Mahut won a qualifier last week 24-22, so he's got form.

Isner at 0-30 on mahuts service game!

this is mental. looks like isners on for a break though.

And Mahut still comes back to hold!

Isner should just give up. He looks like he really couldn't give a fuck.

He just let that last point go!

fuck me this is still going! I just worked out that each bloke has burnt roughly around 6800 calories during this match so far! Crazy stuff

9hrs 27mins.

Before today, the longest tennis match took 6hrs 34 mins...This set has taken longer...

ive just turned over, amazing...fuck the football.

Isner's got fuck all energy left but just keeps pumping those first serves in.

I reckon they'll stop for bad light soon and continue tomorow, that would take it to a third day if it happens!

it was just suggetsed they go under the roof, one of them has to play tomorrow in the next round.(if i heared right)

They've now played more games in this set than the previous longest ever match.

The winner of this is scheduled to play tomorrow.  Wonder if they would still have to if bad light stops play? I'd put the mortgage on their opponent winning in straight sets.

Are there actually any records left to break now?

Isner looks like he might die. Which would be exciting.

Insane, Isner looks like he has totally lost all energy now, not surprisingly!!

Ive just turned over, this is incredible. Its good to see sportsmen showing how much a match means to them, neither wants to give up. I know of a certain bunch of football players representing France who could learn a thing or two from these guys.

It's boring as fuck though.  Neither player wants to lose so are taking no chances even when it's at deuce.

Its got to get to a point where they have to both agree on a tie-break? I switched on two hours ago at 30-30 or something and have even stopped watching the football because of it.

The endurance of both players is unbelievable, don't think ive done 9 hrs of exercise this year, let alone in the past two days!

It isvery boring, but i've invested too much time to miss the winner now!!

It's not great tennis, which is understandable, but I wouldn't say it was boring. Every extra game is a bit exciting just for the pure mentalness of it.

It's a bit like the tennis equivilent of 100 rocky 4's in a row.

i had a tenner on 64-63 to Isner in the 5th set at the start of the match.

Fingers crossed.

Can't see that happening, they have to win by two.

Match point saved!

Is there a prize for the player with the most aces? I think one of these two will have it wrapped up.

Think this game my kill Isner. Although I think I've said that a few times already.

Mahut wants to stop.

Light doesn't look that bad yet you french cunt.

booooo

booooooo. Suspended at 59-59

Id like to see each and every one of the crowd members who are shouting 'we want more' try to play 10 hours of tennis.

Bah, very true

desserved standing applause I think.

what happens now? you cant expect the winner to play his next opponenet tomorrow? and what if the game is still going when that game is meant to start.

Crazy game, 118 games and only 1 break point (i think). I'm surprised they havent had to stretcher off isner. Mahut should be drug tested, looks like he's only played a couple of sets!!!

Shame they couldnt have finished tonight

I guess they'll move the schedule around chubbs.

I've run out of adjectives to describe this match.

And they have to come back tomorow, it's un-heard of.

John Inverdale annoys me, i dont know why.

Probably because he's a cunt !...................................................advantage me

"perhaps the could bring on a substitute player for themselves"

I know why now.

Mahut shaming the french football team. Hard to argue with that.

Very true, but then he followed it up with that pearler.

They should both be kicked out. They are obviously shit if they are still playing after 10 hours

Very good Dave.

Finished just in time for Doctor 9 playing J.Lennon on BBC4 too.

Could be good for a pub quiz question in years to come.

When is the only time an umpire could correctly have called "40-all"?

Could in the point by point tie breaks in the first 4 sets too. Don't think that has happened though.

Best stat of the day is that Serena Williams won the entire Tournament a few years ago in a total combined match times of less than the length of this final set.

With the fact that women now get paid exactly the same despite playing less, I cannot imagine seeing a woman's final set get over 10-10, let alone 59-59 !!

You can bet that the winner of the woman's singles will probably play less games than these two in this match.

Mental  :D

has it finished yet?

Not started yet Arriba. They got a lie in.

They're the third game on Court 18. Wouldn't expect them to start for a couple of hours yet atleast.

Bah lie in? Call themselves professional athletes?

Lightweights. The equivelant of 2 and half marathons and then they want the morning off!

Bet it's all over in about 10 minutes today  :)

A never ending tennis match,how dreadfull.

Hope so :D

They're coming out onto court now!

65-65...

Hate to ruin your fun but this match is obviously the result of a middle-east betting scam... You wait :)

Isner wins!!

70-68.

Thats was ACE!!

Unbelievable match, shame someone had to lose.

Broke every single record their is to break, fair play the both of them.

Isner has no chance in the next round though surely? He's going to be more than knackered.

He's meant to be competing in the doubles too!

Plus he'll be starting his second round match tomorow, whilst others are starting their third round. Add that to the doubles he's competing in with Sam Querrey, and yes, he's gonna be fucking exhausted by the end of this.

He's playing De Bakker right now. First set, 5-0 down and only won 9 points so far... he looks (unsurprisingly) destroyed.

Getting treatment now as well isn't he?

He could hardly move, not that it's surprising, the winner of that epic game was never really going to go anywhere in the tournament.