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Eighth-seeded South African Kevin Anderson reached his first Wimbledon final, beating No. 9 seed John Isner 7-6 (8/6) 6-7 (5/7) 6-7 (9/11) 6-4 26 -24 in the longest semi-final in the history of the tournament
The match lasted six hours and 36 minutes, the last set having lasted two hours and 54 minutes.
Isner had already participated in the longest men's tennis match in history, when he beat Frenchman Nicolas Mahut at the Wimbledon championship in 2010, winning the final set on a score of 70- 68 barely believable. This game is commemorated with a plaque on Court 18.
For a time this game seemed to go the same way.
A confrontation between two tennis skyscrapers – with Isner leading the 6-foot-8 Anderson by two inches – provided for three tiebreakers and 102 lightning aces, but it was the 32-year-old South African who pbaded the stroke. While the fifth set was trailing over and over, the American Isner appeared more visibly tired and had to survive more panic at his own service than Anderson.
At 24-24, Anderson took a fall but managed to get up and hit a shot with his left hand inside the baseline, taking the point for 0-30.
He scored three break points in the next rally and took the second, the first break in 49
Anderson served for the match. After his marathon victory, Anderson said:
"I do not know what to say right now. In the end, you have the impression that it's a draw, but someone has to win, "said Anderson, who defeated defending champion Roger Federer in another tough match there Two days ago
"John is a great guy and I really feel for him, if I was on the opposite side, I do not know how you can take this game so long and get out of it .. to pbad through something like this
"I've known John for so long, he's a great guy." To be honest, he's pushed me into my career and got a big one himself. I got even more forced because of the success that he had.I must say congratulations to John for a great tournament, the semifinals are a remarkable achievement and I hope that he will be able to come back stronger. "
The match is likely to reopen the debate on allowing tie-breakers in the Anderson final, which also won a dull ch marathon against Roger Federer in the quarter-finals, will face Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in Sunday's final, both Nadal and Djokovic did not go out on the field before 8 am
Nadal did not hit the first serve of his match before 8:09. This gave two players who played some of the most grueling matches in the history of tennis less than three hours or the prospect of finishing the game on Saturday.
Finally, and to no one's surprise, they did not come And so, with Djokovic leading 6-4 3-6 7-6 (11/9), he became the first match since the roof of the Court Center was added in 2009 was stopped due to the curfew imposed by the Merton Council to avoid any disruption of local residents.
The announcement of the reduction of the game was greeted with disappointment by the crowd. The vast majority of them had held a more than worthy contest of a Wimbledon final in front of them.
But only one of these men can move to face Anderson on Sunday, and they will resume Saturday, when Women's final ticket holders will receive unexpected treatment.
The match will resume at 1 pm, said tournament organizers, and it will be played again under the roof, no matter how the weather looks outside, since it started in these conditions.
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