Wimbledon returned to a normality Thursday at 4.48 PM after John Isner from United States won the marathon match which ended two days after it had begun. His brave opponent was Nicolas Mahut from France.

In the World Cup final, after 90 minutes may follow other 30 minutes of overtime and finally the penalty kicks. This match ran 11 hours and 5 minutes, the fifth set ran 8 hours and 11 minutes (more than the longest match on record), a brutal struggle that consisted of 183 games and requires 380 towel-offs during a match that ended with a score that you will probably never see its kind again: 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68.

They played Wednesday 118 games and no breaks of serve. The previous longest match had 6 hour 33 minute in 2004, when Frenchmen Fabrice Santoro won his match with Arnaud Clement at Roland Garros.

The match began on Tuesday and Wednesday it was called off again at 59-59 in the fifth set on. Isner also stroked a record 112 aces, while Mahut’s 103 aces were 25 better than the previous record. It is interesting that Mahut held an edge in total points, 502 to 478, but he lost this incredible match.

The officials didn’t opted to put them on Centre Court, but they gave awards to both players, marking the occasion with a special memento. Today John Isner had some neck injuries and lost the next match with Thiemo de Bakker of the Netherlands 6-0, 6-3, 6-2.

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