Isner & Mahut Win ESPY Award For Best Record-Breaking Performance
Los Angeles, U.S.A.
http://www.atpworldtour.com/
by ATP Staff
14.07.2010
John Isner and Nicolas Mahut won the ESPY Award for Best Record-Breaking
Performance for their marathon match at Wimbledon, beating out fellow
nominees Roger Federer, Usain Bolt, Brett Favre and the Connecticut Women's
Basketball team.
Isner accepted the award from gold medalists Lindsey Vonn and Shaun White
on Wednesday evening at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, and immediately
paid tribute to the Frenchman.
"First off, I gotta say congrats to my opponent Nicolas," said Isner, who
won after 11 hours and five minutes on court. "He was an absolute warrior
that day. You can't fathom a match going 70-68 in the fifth, but somehow
we did it. It was a pleasure to share the court with him that day."
The 25-year-old American also thanked the fans, his team at Saddlebrook,
and extended a special thanks to his trainer, Kyle Morgan. "Without him,
I wouldn't be able to last that long," he said.
The first-round match stretched over three days, with the fifth set alone
lasting eight hour and 11 minutes – 98 minutes more than the previous
longest match on record. It concluded just in time to make the ESPY Awards
cut, with nominations announced that same day.
ESPY Award host Seth Meyers referred to the match in his opening monologue,
joking, "By the time the match ended, the ball boys were ball men."
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