At Wimbledon was the longest semifinal in history: nearly 7 hours



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In the Wimbledon semifinal, Kevin Anderson of South Africa defeated John Izner of the United States with a score of 7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 7, 6: 4, 26:24 . The match lasted 6 hours and 36 minutes, and the fifth set was 2.55 .

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<p>Prough is the second game in the history of Wimbledon after the legendary meeting between Izner and Nicolas May at the 2010 tournament. is finished with a score of 70:68 in favor of John, and the tennis players cut 11 hours and five minutes for three days </p>
<p>  Moreover, it is the longest semifinal of Wimbledon: previously, Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro, who played 4 hours and 43 minutes </p>
<p>  C is also the longest match in the history of the Central Wimbledon Court </p>
<p>  C & # 39; is the fourth longest match in the history of tennis and only 13th, which lasted more than six hours. Among them, only one woman: between Vicki Nelson and Gene Hepner at the Richmond tournament in 1984. The most interesting thing is that Nelson and Hepner played only two sets, but they held a draw of 643 beats, which has lasted 29 minutes. </p>
<p>  For Anderson it's the second marathon match in a row. In the quarterfinals, he beat Roger Federer in five hours with a score of 13:11 in the fifth set. </p>
<p>  This is the ninth game in history where, in one set, there were more than 40 matches. The extended party was not always decisive, as tie-breaks were only introduced in 1973, and earlier such miracles could happen in the middle of the match. </p>
<p>  Anderson in the fifth set was always closer to victory. At 17:17 Kevin had a double breaking point, but from the 15:40 count izener gave four powerful benefits. He also had a breaking point with the score of 7: 7 and 10:10, and with the score of 9: 9, 21:21, 22:22 and 23:23 Anderson led 30: 0. At this point there, the spectators of the stadium were furious of any raffle won at the reception </p>
<p>  But the biggest missed opportunity was in the third set where Kevin did and gave the break, then made a double mistake on his setball. .. break. As a result, he gave the party. If it was not the case, the match could have ended much sooner. </p>
<p>  Because of Anderson and Izner, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic started their semi-final under the closed roof. Despite this, they can not finish today: according to the rules of the municipality, where Wimbledon is held, all public events should end at 23:00. This rule was only violated once, when Andy Murray defeated Marcos Baghdatis in 23.02. Local journalists are already saying that the Spaniard and Serbian will not be bowed. </p>
<p>  Parallel to the match between John and Kevin, the junior marathon also took place. British Jack Draper beat Colombian Nicholas Mayu with a score of 7: 6, 6: 7, 19:17 for 4 hours and 23 minutes. Earlier in the tournament, Hans Podlipnik-Castillo and Marcelo Arevalo defeated Cameron Norry and Jay Clark with a score of 6: 4, 6: 7, 5: 7, 6: 4, 22:20. The meeting lasted 5 hours and 2 minutes, and the fifth set – 2.24 </p>
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I'm upset, but I get up again. You will never hold me back … #Wimbledon @KAndersonATP pic.twitter.com/1cY6i2WoUp

– Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 13, 2018

* ** [19659004] The last hours, the two fifth sets went from a tennis match to a buffoonery: İnner barely walked and kept the match only by filing. Before this game was, of course, not the most technical and spectacular, but rather high quality. Yes, most of the drawings ended after the standings or 1-2 shots, but the guys did very well. For example, in the third game, Anderson did only one untrammeled error. And in this fierce struggle, the nerve was constantly felt.

And such a stretched end was just exhausted.

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Kevin Anderson entered the second Grand Slam final in the last 10 months and his career. Imagine that there after such a cup, he can seriously fight with Nadal or Djokovic, it's quite difficult – even if they have less for a day of rest.

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