LONDON — A match between two missile-serving giants had the potential to go on for hours but luckily for Marin Cilic he only needed 15 minutes and two games on Saturday to complete a 7-6(4) 6-7(6) 6-4 6-7(4) 12-10 win over John Isner.
With the Wimbledon third-round match suspended at 10-10 in the fifth set under gathering gloom on Friday, the duo who hold the distinction of winning the annual tournament's two longest matches, returned to lock horns on a sun-drenched Court One.
But Croatian Cilic's 2012 victory over Sam Querrey, at five hours 31 minutes, was akin to a 100 meters sprint when compared to American Isner's feat of endurance in 2010.