Isner, ranked 11th in the world entering the week and a U.S. Olympian, relied on his overpowering serve despite playing lethargically at times. Second-seeded Kei Nishikori, Japan's top player and the ...

WIMBLEDON, England – When The Match That Would Not End finally did, at 70-68 in the fifth set, after a record 11 hours, 5 minutes spread over three days, the customary handshake between opponents ...

Frenchman Nicolas Mahut delivered an emotional farewell to professional tennis after his doubles defeat at the Paris Masters ...

Nicolas Mahut played for 11 hours and five minutes over three days in a first-round match that ended 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 70-68—and earned as much prize money for his effort as Go Soeda, who ...

Nicolas Mahut is best known for losing the longest professional tennis match in history against American John Isner at ...

Arthur Ashe became the first — and to this day, only — Black man to win the singles title at Wimbledon in 1975, beating defending champion Jimmy Connors 6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4 in the final. Also that year ...

You should’ve known we were in for a marathon match when you saw American John Isner’s name opposite South African Kevin Anderson in a Wimbledon men’s semifinal between top-10 players. Isner won the ...

LONDON (AP) — A look at some of the anniversaries this year at Wimbledon: Arthur Ashe became the first — and to this day, only — Black man to win the singles title at Wimbledon in 1975, beating ...