After 68:70 in the final set...

[la_marquise]

I just looked up what became of Nicolas Mahut's doubles match, that he had to go and play after the 11 hour 5 minute epic, because I'd been wondering.
He and his partner (Arnaud Clement) were knocked out by British pair Fleming and Skupski. But...
It was four sets. The first and fourth went to tie breaks. Mahut and Clement took the 3rd 6:3.
It's official. Nicolas Mahut: Toughest Player Ever.

This is brought to you by the Francophile tennis cheering squad. (I blame Thierry Champion and Henri Leconte.)

Joyain in Living With Ghosts was inspired by Thierry Champion, who looks like one of those wonderful stern warrior effigies. (There's a good picture of him here: http://zefts.free.fr/joueurs/H2.htm)

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[maryosmanski.livejournal.com]

Watching Isner's singles match yesterday morning (EDT), I couldn't help thinking it was sadistic to force him out there the very next day--and as one of the first matches of the day to boot--to play the next singles round. Some of the American commentators noted that he was playing with taped toes because the skin on his toes had worn off.

Isner went home today. Querrey, his doubles partner, is still in the men's singles competition. He won today in a fifth set that went to 9-7 (which doesn't seem like such a long match now, does it?).

I hope both Mahut and Isner do well in the future and can be in the books for something more than just their 11-hour match.