The Longest Tennis Slam Doubles Match… Ever

From MSNBC and the Associated Press

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.

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The two beat Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry 5-7, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 23-21, in a match that was postponed due to darkness on Tuesday with the fifth set all even at 11. The match beat out the previous longest slam tennis match by almost an hour!

The Wimbledon doubles match almost took the title of longest doubles match ever which went on for 6 hours and 20 minutes in a Davis Cup match in 2002. The longest singles match was in last years French Open at 6 hours and 31 minutes.

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