World record 3-Day Tennis Match

[J.D.]

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Now, I can't stand tennis but you've got to give credit where it's due. I can't imagine what it would be like to lose a match like that. The final score line was 2 sets all and 70-68 in the 5th!

[Vilante]

That's insane! Over 100 aces each. Surely the winner will have trouble in his next match now anyway?

Awesome

[wobblysauce]

yer one of them are doing doubles matches.. that would make it hard

[Big Kev]

Yeah it was epic. I had it on in the background at work yesterday and saw the final winning point. They just looked exhausted.

It wouldn't surprise me if the rules were changed so that maybe if it got to 20 all you'd then play a tiebreak.

[J.D.]

Well, it could have been worse I suppose:

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The longest boxing match ever fought took place in New Orleans on Apr. 6, 1893. The match was between Andy Bowen and Jack Burke, both of whom claimed the lightweight title after the reigning champ, Jack McAuliffe, retired. The winner-take-all purse was set at $2,500, and in order to decide who was really the new champion, the match was to be fought to a finish.

All through the contest, the fighters went at each other aggressively, pounding each other with their gloves, inflicting and sustaining tremendous punishment. Yet, as the 3-min. rounds wore on, neither fighter could put the other away. The incredible bout continued far into the night, lasting over seven hours in all. When the bell sounded for the 111th round, both fighters, dazed and weary, gave up and did not come out of their corners. At that, the referee unbelievably ruled the bout "no contest." Burke never fought again. Bowen fought only one more match; he died after being knocked out in 18 rounds.

[bengatta]

Yeah it was epic. I had it on in the background at work yesterday and saw the final winning point. They just looked exhausted.

It wouldn't surprise me if the rules were changed so that maybe if it got to 20 all you'd then play a tiebreak.

I thought that origianlly also, but then I also wondered when the last time a 1st ound match that included a qualifier got so much worlds media attention... Wimbledon couldn't have paid for that publicity. I think they will keep the rules in the hope it can happen again...