WIMBLEDON, England — There will be no need for a plaque at Wimbledon outside Court 1.
Concern was understandable Saturday as John Isner and Nicolas Mahut — sorry, Marin Cilic — walked back onto the grass for a second day of play in their second-round match.
Isner and Cilic had stopped because of darkness Friday with the score at 10-10 in the fifth set, which might sound extraordinary until you remember that Isner did not finish off Mahut until 70-68 in the fifth set in the first round of Wimbledon in 2010.
Clearly, that tennis record — beyond Beamonesque — was in no danger, but there was certainly the threat of plenty more tennis.