No. 10 men’s tennis player John Isner seems to have a knack for extraordinarily long matches. If you recall, back in 2010 Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut in the longest match in tennis history at Wimbledown. On Thursday, he once again set a record, this time coming up on the losing end of the longest one-day match in the history of the French Open. The match also featured the longest fifth set at Roland Garros.
French Open Results: Paul-Henri Mathieu Defeats John Isner In Longest Match In Event History
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Unfortunately for Isner, he was not able to prevail this time around, falling to Paul-Henri Mathieu in five sets. The final line is the double-take-inducing 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 18-16. Isner is eliminated with the second-round loss, meaning there are no more U.S. men remaining in the tournament.
In other men’s second-round action on Thursday, No. 4 Andy Murray advanced by defeating Jarkko Nieminen in four sets, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2. No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga also advanced by prevailing over Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, also in four sets, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. No. 2 Rafael Nadal had little trouble advancing past Denis Istomin, 6-2, 6-2, 6-0.
On the women’s side, No. 4 Petra Kvitova defeated Urszula Radwanska in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3. The match between No. 2 Maria Sharapova and Ayumi Morita was postponed.
You can see a full French Open scoreboard at SI.com.
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