Longest match in tennis history suspended at 59-59 in fifth set after more than TEN hours

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- On and on and on, and on some more, they played -- longer than anyone ever had before. And still there was no winner.

John Isner of Tampa, Fla., and Nicolas Mahut of France were tied at 59-59 in the fifth set at Wimbledon after exactly 10 hours of action when play was suspended because of darkness Wednesday night. It is by far the longest match in terms of games or time in the century-plus history of tennis.

"Nothing like this will ever happen again. Ever," Isner said.

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Well, here they are: Isner hit 98 aces, Mahut 95 -- both eclipsing the previous high in a match at any tournament, 78. All the numbers were truly astounding: They played 881 points (Mahut took 452, Isner 429), 612 in the fifth set (315 for Mahut, 297 for Isner).

After 118 games, no one had won.

At 58-all, more than 6 1/2 hours into Wednesday's action, both players took a bathroom break -- and, frankly, who could blame them? Not much later, shortly after 9 p.m., Mahut and Isner approached the net to discuss with a Grand Slam supervisor, Soeren Friemel, whether to keep going.

"I want to play," Mahut said, "but I can't see."

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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/tennis/06/23/isner.mahut.ap/index.html

What can I say ? :O