CBSSports.com: Marathon Man Isner keeps on chugging on last grand stage

By Art Spander
The Sports Xchange/CBSSports.com

NEW YORK -- For John Isner, the name and the event forever remain inextricably intertwined. As was Bobby Thomson with the "Shot heard 'round the world" ... as was Dwight Clark with "The Catch," which sent the San Francisco 49ers to their first Super Bowl ... as was Roger Bannister when he became the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes.

John Isner always will be the Marathon Man, the one who went three days, went 11 hours, 5 minutes, went 138 games in the final set of a first-round match at Wimbledon against Nicolas Mahut.

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RealClearSports: A Shame Someone Has to Lose This Match

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

WIMBLEDON, England -- "Somebody had to lose,'' said the winner, John Isner. "That stinks.'' His words were on target, as was that final backhand of a tennis match which when compared to all the others ever played was matchless.

This one was a gem, an epic, a memory.

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CBSSports.com: Isner has greater ambitions, but this one's tough to top

WIMBLEDON, England -- He'll be remembered for this, John Isner will. As will Nicolas Mahut, the man he finally beat in a match of history and perseverance that lasted a bit more than 11 hours, the time it takes a jet to fly from San Francisco to Paris.

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CBSSports.com: Isner-Mahut marathon instant (incomplete) classic for the ages

By Art Spander
The Sports Xchange/CBSSports.com

WIMBLEDON, England -- It looked like a basketball score, 59-59. But it was tennis. And those were games. In the fifth set, of a match that has gone on for two days and still isn't finished.

Nothing like it has happened before.

"And nothing like this ever will happen again," John Isner said.

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RealClearSports: Queen Takes Over Wimbledon From Kings

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

WIMBLEDON, England -- Queen Elizabeth -- yes, that Queen Elizabeth -- is scheduled to show up Thursday at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, her first appearance in 33 years.

Not to play, though she might not do worse than most of the entrants from her country. To watch.

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