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Until Hans Podlipnik (56th in the pair ranking) was able to finish his match in the first round of doubles at Wimbledon, which started Wednesday but was postponed twice, from First for the rain and yesterday Thursday for lack of light.
And it was a victory for the Chilean, who, with the Salvadoran Marcelo Arévalo (69th) beat the pair formed by the British Jay Clarke (249th) and Cameron Norrie (209th) in a match marathon by partial of 6-4, 6-7 (5), 5-7, 6-4 and 22-20 in five hours and one minute, in the longest commitment of the year in The circuit
The fifth and final set was full of emotions, with both pairs remaining in service and many have already begun to remember the 2010 epic match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut (the longest match in the history of tennis.)
However, "H-Pod" and his partner managed to break the 42nd part, with a big volley of the Chilean, who went threw on the grbad and then kissed with Central America. After their dramatic triumph, the Latin duo was photographed with the marker behind to sign the feat
In second, phase, Podlipnik and Arevalo will have a hard trap, they will face at 13 ° South Africa Raven Klaasen (30th) and New Zealander Michael Venus (23rd)
Chilean defends at the cathedral the quarterfinals that he reached last year with Belarusian Andrei Vasilevski, at his best result in a Grand Slam.
#Wimbledon With a lot of courage and claws, in a long match, Marcelo Arévalo and Hans Podlipnik finally beat Clarke and Norrie, breaking the serve, in the last series of 22-20. pic.twitter.com/Vq7LwJ4FbP
– Sports EDH (@EDH_Deportes) July 6, 2018
What. A. Match. Court 14, take a breath @ Jay27798 and @cam_norrie played their part in an epic
After 5 hours of play, their clash against Marcelo Arévalo and Hans Podlipnik-Castillo was finished, with the British beaten 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 4-6 20-22! #Wimbledon #BackTheBrits pic.twitter.com/Etd85E7u6J
– Team GB (@TeamGB) July 6, 2018
After five hours of play over three days and 42 games in the fifth set, the British duo Jay Clarke and Cameron Norrie finally fell 22-20 to Marcelo Arevalo and Hans Podlipnik-Castillo in the decisive. A gargantuan … https://t.co/TI8oWO566n pic.twitter.com/lrmK0HPbhm
– Robert Bartlett (@RobBartlettESPN) July 6, 2018
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