Isner back in record-setting form at Wimbledon

27 June 2014 09:19

Giant American John Isner was back in record-setting Wimbledon form on Thursday when he took his first set tiebreak 19-17 against Finland's Jarkko Nieminen in their second round tie.

It was the second longest men's singles tiebreak in Wimbledon history.

In the 1973 first round, Bjorn Borg won a 20-18 tiebreak against Premjit Lall of India when breakers then were played at 8-8.

Isner is used to setting new records at Wimbledon.

Back in 2010, he defeated France's Nicolas Mahut in a match which lasted 11 hours, 5 minutes and played over three days.

The final score was 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7-9), 7-6 (7-3), 70-68.

Source: AFP