The rematch between record-breaking duo
John Isner and Nicolas Mahut is one of the highlights of day two at Wimbledon World Cup Football Shirt.The
pair played the longest match in tennis history in 2010, taking place over
three days, which American Isner won.This year’s first-round tie is the fourth
match on Court Three on Tuesday.
Defending women’s champion Serena Williams
is first on Centre Court against Aravane Rezai, followed by Roger Federer then
Novak Djokovic.Six-time Wimbledon champion Federer plays Mikhail Kukushkin, the
world number 61 from Kazakhstan, while in-form Djokovic, the world number two,
faces France’s Jeremy Chardy, ranked 54th.Women’s world number one Caroline
Wozniacki takes on Spain’s Arantxa Parra Santonja in the second match on on
Court One, following Andy Roddick’s match with Andreas Beck which was held over
from Monday because of the rain.Fifth seed Maria Sharapova Spanish
League Football Shirts takes on fellow Russian Anna Chakvetadze, but is yet
to be allocated a court and will not start her match until after 1700 BST.A
host of home players are also in action, starting with the all-British clash
between Anne Keothavong and Naomi Broady, another to fall victim to the
weather, which is first on Court 12.British number one Elena Baltacha plays
Germany’s Mona Barthel and Heather Watson faces Mathilde Johansson of France,
while 2008 Girls’ champion Laura Robson is up against Angelique Kerber and
Emily Webley-Smith meets Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic.Three British
men are in action looking to join Andy Murray in round two, with Queen’s
semi-finalist James Ward looking to continue his good form on grass when he
takes on 19th seed Michael Llodra of France on Court Two.Dan Evans is up against
German 20th seed Florian Mayer, while Dan Cox, who was trailing Ukraine’s
Sergiy Stakhovsky FC
Real Madrid Football Shirt 2-6 1-0 when the rain intervened, continues his
first round match.Regardless of how the British players fare, the meeting
between Isner and Mahut will make the headlines because of their marathon match
12 months ago.Their freak 11-hour-and-five-minute encounter on Court 18
enthralled and captivated audiences around the world, as well as completely
rewriting tennis’s history books in the process.
After play was suspended at 59-59 because
of bad light, the pair played another 19 games before Isner, who had been the
23rd seed, eventually broke Frenchman Mahut’s serve before holding out for a
truly remarkable victory.Not only did the duo play the longest set and match
ever recorded, they also played the most games in a set and a match, registered
the most aces in a match and the most aces by a player.Isner Real
Madrid Football Shirt finished with 112 aces and Mahut 103, easily beating
the previous record – held by Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic – of 78. The American took
world number one Rafael Nadal to five sets in the first round of the French
Open last month, eventually losing out to the Spaniard.