After a marathon fifth set, former Illini tennis star Kevin Anderson is headed to arguably the biggest stage in tennis.
Just two days after defeating Roger Federer, Anderson disposed of 9-seed John Isner in five sets on Friday in the Wimbledon semifinals and is now going to Wimbledon Final.
The first three sets all headed to a tiebreak Friday — 7-6 in favor of Anderson before 7-6, 7-6 for Isner. With Anderson’s back again the wall, he won the fourth set 6-4. Then came the fifth set, which made it the longest semifinal in Wimbledon history.
Anderson won the fifth set 26-24.