(8) Kevin Anderson vs (9) John Isner

Wimbledon Gentlemen's (8) Kevin Anderson vs (9) John Isner

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Should have had a prop - how many tiebreakers will there be in the Anderson-Isner match? If you said three - you will be a winner already as the first three sets went to a tiebreaker. Of course that winning bet will only last 45 minutes or so as the fourth set will probably end up going to a tiebreaker. LOL!!

Update - fourth set doesn't go to a tiebreaker and unfortunately for the Isner pickers - Anderson won the fourth set - 6-4 - setting up a winner-take-all fifth set. Good News - no tiebreakers in the fifth set at Wimbledon - Bad News - We could have a 70-68 fifth set!

Kevin Anderson (8)7 (8) 6 (5) 6 (9) 6 LIVE
John Isner (9)6 (6) 7 (7) 7 (11) 4
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Kevin Anderson (8)7 (8) 6 (5) 6 (9) 6 26Completed
John Isner (9)6 (6) 7 (7) 7 (11) 4 24
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Here’s a statistical look at the amazing semifinal in which No. 8 seed Kevin Anderson of South Africa defeated No. 9 seed John Isner of the United States 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-7 (9), 6-4, 26-24.
  • At 6 hours, 36 minutes, it is the longest semifinal in Wimbledon history with the fifth set going 2 hours, 55 minutes. The previous longest semifinal was 4 hours, 44 minutes, which Novak Djokovic of Serbia won over Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (6), 6-3 in 2013.
  • It was the second-longest match in Wimbledon history. Isner, of course, won the longest match, a first-round 2010 meeting against Nicolas Mahut 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 70-68. That match went 11 hours, 5 minutes and spanned three days.
  • Isner served 53 aces in the match, while Anderson had 49. For the tournament, Isner served the most aces of any player at 214 aces, while Anderson is second with 172.
  • There were 569 points played in the match, with Anderson winning 298 points and Isner with 271.
  • Anderson saved three of five break points he faced, while Isner saved seven of 11.
  • Anderson won 46 of 48 service games in the match to Isner's 44 of 48. Isner won all 95 games he served coming into the semifinal. Isner was broken for the first time at this Wimbledon in the fifth game of the fourth set after winning 20 service games against Anderson.
 
  • Anderson Edges Isner 26-24 In 5th Set For 1st Wimbledon Final
LONDON (AP) - To say that Kevin Anderson won this interminable Wimbledon semifinal, and that John Isner lost it, didn't really seem fair. To Anderson, anyway. They had played on and on, through 6 hours of ho-hum hold after ho-hum hold, during the second-longest match in the history of a tournament that began in 1877, all the way until the never-ending serving marathon did, finally, end at 26-24 in the fifth set Friday, with Anderson claiming the most important of the 569 points - the last.

So when Anderson left Centre Court, well aware that his 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-7 (9), 6-4, 26-24 victory earned him the chance to win his first Grand Slam title at age 32, the South African said: "At the end, you feel like this is a draw between the two of us. "John's such a great guy, and I really feel for him, because if I'd been on the opposite side, I don't know how you can take that, playing for so long and coming up short."

Rest Of The Article - Anderson edges Isner 26-24 in 5th for 1st Wimbledon final
 

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