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Post by janie on Jul 5, 2006 14:09:31 GMT -5
If Hewitt loses this, I'm not going to gloat. He looks so overmatched out there, poor little a**hole. I might gloat that his uber-barbie wife has to go home, though.  |
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 5, 2006 14:11:10 GMT -5
Wimbledon is such a wonderful tournament! I always loved it and always will. :lust:
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Post by janie on Jul 5, 2006 14:12:53 GMT -5
MARCOS!!!!!!!!  Marcos and Bjorkman in the semis! This is insanely cool .... |
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 5, 2006 14:38:09 GMT -5
"One game away now and it is fever pitch in the crowd now. Baghdatis' name is ringing around the court from his fan club who are oblivious to the disappearance of the sun and are only concentrating on singing their man to victory."
"Game , set and match Baghdatis, who is through to the semifinals,where he will play the winner of Nadal v Nieminen...Baghdatis had never won a match on grass prior to this year, so it's an amazing run for the Cypriot"
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 5, 2006 14:39:42 GMT -5
Knowles, Nestor win marathon doubles match
July 5, 2006
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- Daniel Nestor of Canada and Mark Knowles of the Bahamas won the longest doubles match in Wimbledon and Grand Slam history Wednesday -- a marathon lasting 6 hours, 9 minutes over two days.
They beat Simon Aspelin of Sweden and Todd Perry of Australia 5-7, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 23-21 in a match suspended because of darkness Tuesday with the fifth set 11-11.
The previous longest doubles match at a Grand Slam was 5 hours, 29 minutes at the 1990 Australian Open when Pieter Aldrich and Danie Visser of South Africa beat Scott Davis and Robert Van't Hof of the United States in five sets, including 23-21 in the deciding set.
The previous longest doubles match at Wimbledon was 5 hours, 5 minutes in 1985 when Heinz Gunthardt of Switzerland and Balazs Taroczy of Hungary beat Paul Annacone of the U.S. of Christo Van Rensburg of South Africa in five sets -- 24-22 in the fifth.
Gunthardt and Tarozcy were playing in an over-45 doubles match on a nearby court Wednesday at Wimbledon.
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The longest doubles match in tennis history was 6 hours, 20 minutes in a 2002 Davis Cup semifinal between Argentina and Russia.
The longest in singles was 6 hours, 31 minutes, a first-round five-setter at the 2004 French Open won by Fabrice Santoro over fellow Frenchman Arnaud Clement.
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Post by Lee on Jul 5, 2006 16:50:04 GMT -5
 Knowles/Nestor |
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Post by janie on Jul 6, 2006 6:46:40 GMT -5
Q. How many matchpoints did you save?DANIEL NESTOR: Six, I think. 
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Gugaaaaaaaaa 