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Viking Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: eastender on June 23, 2010, 07:46:05 pm

Title: Mahut v Isner
Post by: eastender on June 23, 2010, 07:46:05 pm

48 games all in final set and still playing :woohoo:  :silly:

Title: Re:Mahut v Isner
Post by: GM-MarkB on June 23, 2010, 08:26:02 pm

I'll bet after this the Tennis bigwigs put a limit on the number of games needed to win a final set.

Can't see the eventual winner of this winning their next match

Title: Re:Mahut v Isner
Post by: eastender on June 23, 2010, 08:52:33 pm

58 all now and the winner as to play again tomorrow if he can get out of bed. :)

Title: Re:Mahut v Isner
Post by: GM-MarkB on June 23, 2010, 09:15:46 pm

Ridiculous...

My hat is off to both players for having the physical and mental attibutes to keep going, but any chance they had of winning the Championship (in my opinion) is gone.

You can bank on final set tie-breaks being introduced after this Championship

Title: Re:Mahut v Isner
Post by: RobTheRover on June 23, 2010, 10:39:31 pm

Not a chance, mate.  2 reasons....

1) this happens once a blue moon.

2) the LTA are a set of stuffy \"old school tie\" types who dont like change.

Title: Re:Mahut v Isner
Post by: CusworthRovers on June 24, 2010, 07:14:45 am

f**k em.

These 2 no marks have deliberately set this up to go into Wimbledon and all Tennis' Hall of Fame. What was it Mr A Warhol once said 'everybody will be famous for 15 minutes'.

I say they continue til they collapse or one of them as to go in for his dinner. Never did us any harm when we were kids on the field playing footy or playing tennis on the road.

Title: Re:Mahut v Isner
Post by: bobjimwilly on June 24, 2010, 11:41:41 am

CusworthRovers wrote:

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I say they continue til they collapse or one of them as to go in for his dinner.

lol I used to hate that, mates dictating that if you go in for dinner you automatically lose.

Title: Re:Mahut v Isner
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on June 24, 2010, 01:40:22 pm

I quite liked the idea to replace penalty shootouts in football matches with a Golden Goal extra time, but with each side having to take off one player every 10 mins.

Maybe they should do that in the tennis. Surgically remove one finger every two games.

Or, for the lasses tennis, have them remove one item of clothing every two games.

Title: Re:Mahut v Isner
Post by: RedRover45 on June 24, 2010, 04:02:52 pm

BillyStubbsTears wrote:

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I quite liked the idea to replace penalty shootouts in football matches with a Golden Goal extra time, but with each side having to take off one player every 10 mins.

Maybe they should do that in the tennis. Surgically remove one finger every two games.

Or, for the lasses tennis, have them remove one item of clothing every two games.

  While its not a bad idea BST, I reckon one item every two points would be a better option.........

Title: Re:Mahut v Isner
Post by: donnyjay on June 24, 2010, 04:07:23 pm

I'm not sure you've thought this through.
 I have no desire to see the Williams sisters with their b*llocks slapping against their thighs every time they serve.

Title: Re:Mahut v Isner
Post by: GM-MarkB on June 24, 2010, 05:00:29 pm

Isner wins....70-68 in final set

And he's due back on court in 30mins to play doubles !!