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John Isner, Nicolas Mahut Provide Top Sports Moment of 2010

You are arm wrestling and your opponent has the exact same strength you have. Neither of you can budge. One weak second, and you would be done. One lapse of concentration, and it's over. Same is true for the other guy. And the moment doesn't just last a few seconds. Or minutes. Or hours. It lasts three days. How do you...

John Isner, Nicolas Mahut to Meet Again at Hopman Cup

PERTH, Australia (AP) -- Nicolas Mahut and John Isner will meet at the Hopman Cup next month in what will be the pair's first rematch since they shared the longest match in professional tennis history at Wimbledon this year. Mahut was named Monday to replace Gael Monfils in the French team for the mixed tournament. He...

With Little Reward, 'Other Guy' Nicolas Mahut Keeps Fighting

WIMBLEDON, England -- It was over, and he had lost. He was alone. This was an outer court at Wimbledon Saturday for a doubles match, and the stands were jammed and the fans were packed four-deep along the open part of the court. For doubles? "Get off the wall, please,'' a guard said. The player grabbed his racquets and...

Isner's Marathon Match Could Have Lingering Effects

WIMBLEDON, England -- John Isner lost Friday at Wimbledon. It was inevitable. He was spent. His legs felt heavy. There is no skin left on either small toe, which Andy Roddick said looked like sliced deli meat. Isner's neck hurt. He doesn't know why. His shoulder? "Not really much pain,'' he said. "It's just kind of...

Isner Loses in Less Than 90 Minutes

It took John Isner a record 11 hours, five minutes to defeat Nicolas Mahut 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 70-68 in his epic first-round match at Wimbledon that spanned three days. The contest rewrote the tennis history books with a record 183 games played, and 138 of them coming in the fifth set. The No. 23-seeded Isner...