CHICAGO, Ill. -- Just weeks after John Isner and Nicolas Mahut played at Wimbledon for 11 hours and 5 minutes, two men from Illinois have shattered their record.
Yesterday, Dave Fymbo and Kirat Doshi completed a three-set match that lasted over 8 years, starting in spring 2002. The first set was won by Mr. Fymbo, the second by Mr. Doshi. Play was halted and wasn't resumed until July 14, 2010.
The third set started with Kirat serving. After getting to 1-1, Dave opened up a 4-2 lead. Kirat responded by winning the next 3 games. Down 4-5, Dave held serve to extend the match, at 5-5.
Kirat held serve. So did Dave. 6-6.
And this point, instead of settling for a tiebreaker, they decided to play Wimbledon style, and keep going.
Kirat held serve. So did Dave. 7-7.
Kirat held serve. Dave did not. 9-7, Kirat.
It was a hell of a match.
Afterwards, they decided to keep going, play a mini-set, first to 3.
Of course, Dave breaks Kirat's serve in the opening game. Extends to 2-0. And holds on for the 3-1 victory.
So yesterday, Dave and Kirat played 20 tennis games, each winning 10. And each of them won a match yesterday. Sort of.
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