If Isner isn't going to move on his returns, why not just stand inside the baseline to decrease Mahut's odds of serving it right past him out wide? What a bizarre match.
Also, winner of this match next faces De Bakker, who just won 16-14 in the fifth set of his match...
Holy fuck. I was up waiting for the Australia world cup game and saw that this tennis match was on. This is fucking ridiculous.
44-44
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BobCescaIs a girlBirmingham, UKRegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
I think the guy over at the guardian live blog has actually started to lose his mind.
7.10pm: It's 43-43 and John Isner is serving to make it 44-43, after which Nicolas Mahut will serve to make it 44-44. I'm indebted to the commenter who explained that Nicolas Mahut recently knocked the sensor of the net and that this is why the umpire climbed down off his chair and started slapping the cord with his hand, with his mouth hanging open and vomit all down the front of his shirt. For a moment I had hoped the slapping might have been his way of summoning the angel we've all been talking about, the one that will come down and usher the contestants up to their Eternal Rest. But no. Turns out it was just something to do with the net sensor.
Isner moves to 44-43. Mahut now serving to make it 44-44. Fingers crossed he makes it!
Can you imagine the insanity if these guys traded breaks at some point?
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BobCescaIs a girlBirmingham, UKRegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
yeah, he's lost his mind:
And so this match goes on and on, on and on. Somewhere along the way, the players have mislaid their names. The man who was once Mahut is now a string-bag of offal. The man who was Isner is a parched piece of cow-hide. The surviving members of the audience don't seem to care who wins. They just cheer and applaud whoever looks likely to make a breakthrough and bring this nightmare to a close. Invariably they are disappointed.
The offal looks fresher, possesses a piercing backhand and still throws itself about the court on occasion. But the cow-hide can serve and has the advantage of going ahead by one game and forcing the offal to catch-up. This the offal is only too happy to do. It hits a backhand down the line and then follows that up with an ace, and the score now stands at 45 games apiece.
"What happens if we steal their rackets? If we steal their rackets, the zombies can no longer hit their aces and thump their backhands and keep us all prisoner on Court 18. I'm shocked that this is only occurring to me now. Will nobody run onto the court and steal their rackets? Are they all too scared of the zombies' clutching claws and gore-stained teeth? Steal their rackets and we can all go home. Who's with me? Steal their rackets and then run for the tube."
I love how the online scoreboard can't even comprehend it right now.
92 aces for Isner, good God.
And 82 for Mahut.
The wimbledon.org one resets after 50 games a piece. Incredible.
I'm pretty sure that's a problem they never ever thought they'd have.
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TexiKenDammit!That fish really got me!Registered Userregular
edited June 2010
I hope someone can take a picture of the court before the match and after (or even if it gets suspended to the next day), because that's more than a whole day's worth of matches on that court, it will be clay by the end of the week.
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GoslingLooking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, ProbablyWatertown, WIRegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
8.40pm: It's 56 games all and darkness is falling. This, needless to say, is not a good development, because everybody knows that zombies like the dark. So far in this match they've been comparatively puny and manageable, only eating a few of the spectators in between bashing their serves.
But come night-fall the world is their oyster. They will play on, play on, right through until dawn. Perhaps they will even leave the court during the change-overs to munch on other people. Has Roger Federer left the grounds? Perhaps they will munch on him, hounding him down as he runs for his car, disembowelling him in the parking lot and leaving Wimbledon without its reigning champion. Maybe they will even eat the trophy too.
Growing darker, darker all the while.
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8.40pm: It's 56 games all and darkness is falling. This, needless to say, is not a good development, because everybody knows that zombies like the dark. So far in this match they've been comparatively puny and manageable, only eating a few of the spectators in between bashing their serves.
But come night-fall the world is their oyster. They will play on, play on, right through until dawn. Perhaps they will even leave the court during the change-overs to munch on other people. Has Roger Federer left the grounds? Perhaps they will munch on him, hounding him down as he runs for his car, disembowelling him in the parking lot and leaving Wimbledon without its reigning champion. Maybe they will even eat the trophy too.
Hi I'm Vee!Formerly VH; She/Her; Is an E X P E R I E N C ERegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
This is fucking crazy.
I taped the World Cup match, but added an hour at the end to make sure I got it all. So I saw the Sportscenter update that said it was 33/33 before the recording ran out.
Then I switched to live TV and the game was STILL GOING ON at 55/55. Ridiculous.
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GoslingLooking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, ProbablyWatertown, WIRegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
visiblehowl, I think your sig says it all.
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This is becoming slightly absurd.
Steam: Chagrin LoL: Bonhomie
I did see one game on Mahut's serve at deuce, but that was it.
Steam: Chagrin LoL: Bonhomie
Also, winner of this match next faces De Bakker, who just won 16-14 in the fifth set of his match...
This shit is bonkers yo
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44-44
Someone has to think about these guys' health, they have to be approaching some kind of physical breaking point, by now.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
"What happens if we steal their rackets? If we steal their rackets, the zombies can no longer hit their aces and thump their backhands and keep us all prisoner on Court 18. I'm shocked that this is only occurring to me now. Will nobody run onto the court and steal their rackets? Are they all too scared of the zombies' clutching claws and gore-stained teeth? Steal their rackets and we can all go home. Who's with me? Steal their rackets and then run for the tube."
Hell they'll probably sleep through it
It's rather strange seeing the game score as larger than the points.
This is now the tennis equivalent of the Stephen King story "The Long Walk".
This passed the point of being a short story a while back.
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92 aces for Isner, good God.
And 82 for Mahut.
Aces eveywhere, some amazing shots and decent rallies.
The wimbledon.org one resets after 50 games a piece. Incredible.
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I'm pretty sure that's a problem they never ever thought they'd have.
edit: Gosling you are the goosiest.
I taped the World Cup match, but added an hour at the end to make sure I got it all. So I saw the Sportscenter update that said it was 33/33 before the recording ran out.
Then I switched to live TV and the game was STILL GOING ON at 55/55. Ridiculous.