John Isner versus Nicolas Mahut, first round of Wimbledon 2010: 11 hours and 5 minutes spread across three days, with Isner winning 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68 — a 138-game fifth set that alone lasted over eight hours. The two combined for 216 aces, and the scoreboard on Court 18, never programmed for such numbers, temporarily froze.
By accumulated record, Novak Djokovic: 24 Grand Slam titles (tied for most ever), a record 428 weeks at No.1, a record 40 Masters 1000 titles, eight year-end No.1 finishes, an Olympic gold completing the career Golden Slam, and — uniquely — winning career head-to-heads against both of his all-time rivals, Federer (27-23) and Nadal (31-29).
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John Isner versus Nicolas Mahut, first round of Wimbledon 2010: 11 hours and 5 minutes spread across three days, with Isner winning 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68 — a 138-game fifth set that alone lasted over eight hours. The two combined for 216 aces, and the scoreboard on Court 18, never programmed for such numbers, temporarily froze.
By accumulated record, Novak Djokovic: 24 Grand Slam titles (tied for most ever), a record 428 weeks at No.1, a record 40 Masters 1000 titles, eight year-end No.1 finishes, an Olympic gold completing the career Golden Slam, and — uniquely — winning career head-to-heads against both of his all-time rivals, Federer (27-23) and Nadal (31-29).
In every set before the last, all four majors use the standard tiebreak at 6-6: first to 7 points, win by 2, players alternating serve after the first point and changing ends every 6 points.
The object of tennis is elementary: strike the ball into the opponent's court so they cannot legally return it, and do it more often, at the right moments, than they do to you. A point ends the instant a ball bounces twice, is hit into the net, or lands outside the lines.
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