Paris: Even though he was again far from his best, Roger Federer still managed to win at the French Open. The 2009 champion at Roland Garros was pushed to four sets Friday for the second straight match, this time beating Nicolas Mahut of France 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the third round. Federer, who is trying to become the first man over 30 years old to win a major title...
12:04 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Paris: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga made the Paris spectators happy when he recovered from a first-set loss to move into the second round of the French Open on Sunday's first day. Minutes later, Nicolas Mahut doubled the home fans' delight when he joined his fellow Frenchman in the next round after a four-set defeat of American Andy Roddick. World number five Tsonga, the highest seed in action on the opening day, beat...
12:00 AM, May 28, 2012
Rotterdam: Top-seeded Roger Federer easily beat Nicolas Mahut 6-4, 6-4 in the first round on Wednesday to sail straight into the quarter-finals of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament. Federer's second-round opponent Mikhail Youzhny withdrew with a foot injury, giving the Swiss star a place in the last-eight. The 16-time Grand Slam winner next meets Jarkko Nieminen, who overcame Lukasz Kubot 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (2). Federer is making his first...
01:08 PM, Feb 16, 2012
Melbourne: Serena Williams was so dominant in her 6-1, 6-1 third-round win over Greta Arn at the Australian Open that there's probably only one shot she'll remember more than most. At 5-0 and a point from winning the first set, Williams lined up in the ideal position for an overhead but then completely shanked it, spraying the ball wide. She screamed and put a hand over her face. "It was...
10:51 AM, Jan 21, 2012
Paris: Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi won their first ever ATP Masters tournament after whipping away the challenge of Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut in straight sets in the final here on Sunday. The seventh seeded Indo-Pak pair took just 65 minutes to defeat the French wild cards entries 6-2, 6-4 and pocket their third title of the season. They had won the Gerry Weber Open at Halle and the...
06:28 PM, Nov 13, 2011
Wimbledon: The John Isner against Nicolas Mahut rematch inevitably failed to live up to last year's historic clash when American Isner needed only just over two hours to book his place in the Wimbledon second round on Tuesday. Isner won 7-6 6-2 7-6 against Frenchman Mahut in a contest every bit as low-key as their 11-hour epic last year was dramatic. The first game of the match lasted less than...
09:21 AM, Jun 22, 2011
Wimbledon: Anyone at Wimbledon a year ago, it seems, remembers bits and pieces of the longest match in tennis history, the 11-hour, 5-minute marathon between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut. It stretched over three days before Isner won 70-68 in the fifth set. Get ready for the rematch, scheduled to begin Tuesday at the All England Club. Fittingly, perhaps, Isner-Mahut II might not finish Tuesday. That's because theirs is the...
10:11 AM, Jun 21, 2011
Wimbledon: The longest match rematch is coming to Wimbledon next week after John Isner and Nicolas Mahut were drawn Friday to face each other in the first round. Last year, the pair played the longest match in tennis history at the All England Club, with Isner winning 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 70-68 in a first-round match that stretched over three days. An audible gasp followed Friday's announcement, but...
05:32 PM, Jun 17, 2011
Perth: No marathon tennis match this time. John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut 6-3, 7-6 (5) on Monday at the Hopman Cup in the first re-match since their 11-hour epic at Wimbledon. Isner overcame Mahut in 90 minutes to give the US an insurmountable 2-0 lead over France. The match lasted 161 games less than their previous record-breaking encounter. The Wimbledon match, the longest in professional tennis history, stretched over three...
08:42 AM, Jan 04, 2011
John Isner won the final set 70-68 against Nicolas Mahut in the epic match that went on for three days. ...
09:44 PM, Jun 24, 2010
Wednesday evening saw the longest match in tennis with play suspended at 59-59 in the fifth set. ...
02:23 AM, Jun 24, 2010
