LONDON – After a relatively pedestrian first 10 days, Wimbledon came alive on Friday with Kevin Anderson’s win in the serve-fest against John Isner. It was a match that, albeit not the most beautiful, displayed tremendous fight from both players and one that did reach its merciful end until the 50th game of the 5th set, becoming the second-longest match in Wimbledon history at six hours and 36 minutes.
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal then began their 52nd (!) match against each other and looked to be playing a different sport entirely. There were breaks of serve, grueling rallies and wonderful variety.