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mitchy at 11:42pm on 23/06/2010 under meme, the longest game, tv shows, wimbledon 2010, world cup 2010
mitchy at 11:42pm on 23/06/2010 under meme, the longest game, tv shows, wimbledon 2010, world cup 2010Well they gave me several heart attacks in the process but England got through to the next round. Where we'll meet Germany. Oh joy. Oh well at least we got out of the group stages :D
Also many congrats to the USA who also went through today. I'm glad because you were robbed of a goal at least twice that I know of. Also you played every match as if it was your last and if we'd done that, we'd be playing Ghana on Sunday, not Germany. A lesson to be observed there.
I got to see history in the making today. Last night at Wimbledon, the match between Nicolas Mahut (FRA) and John Isner (USA) finished 2 sets all when play was suspended. Today they returned to Court 18 to resolve the final set. They played...and played...and played....and played. At 59 games all, play was suspended again and the two combatants will have to return to tomorrow to try and win it. No, that isn't a typo. FIFTY NINE GAMES ALL in the FIFTH SET. Today's play lasted around 7 hours, the match total is now 10 hours long. It is the longest tennis match in history. Not just Wimbledon history mark you, world tennis history. Holy cow o_0 Also, they've both broken the record for number of aces served in a single match, with Isner rocketing down 98 and Mahut right on his heels with 95 (at least one of those saved a match point, btw). It's mind blowing stuff. And I'll be at work tomorrow, probably, although they're scheduled to be the third match out. If the previous two matches last a decent time, I might yet get in when it's 90 all or something ;D
Anyway, time to catch up on the meme. You'll be pleased to see I'm brief this time around :D
( Cut for those that really couldn't care less )
Also many congrats to the USA who also went through today. I'm glad because you were robbed of a goal at least twice that I know of. Also you played every match as if it was your last and if we'd done that, we'd be playing Ghana on Sunday, not Germany. A lesson to be observed there.
I got to see history in the making today. Last night at Wimbledon, the match between Nicolas Mahut (FRA) and John Isner (USA) finished 2 sets all when play was suspended. Today they returned to Court 18 to resolve the final set. They played...and played...and played....and played. At 59 games all, play was suspended again and the two combatants will have to return to tomorrow to try and win it. No, that isn't a typo. FIFTY NINE GAMES ALL in the FIFTH SET. Today's play lasted around 7 hours, the match total is now 10 hours long. It is the longest tennis match in history. Not just Wimbledon history mark you, world tennis history. Holy cow o_0 Also, they've both broken the record for number of aces served in a single match, with Isner rocketing down 98 and Mahut right on his heels with 95 (at least one of those saved a match point, btw). It's mind blowing stuff. And I'll be at work tomorrow, probably, although they're scheduled to be the third match out. If the previous two matches last a decent time, I might yet get in when it's 90 all or something ;D
Anyway, time to catch up on the meme. You'll be pleased to see I'm brief this time around :D
( Cut for those that really couldn't care less )
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