Wimbledon: Anderson beat Isner in longest Semi-final

<p>South Africa Kevin Anderson beat America John Isner 7-6, 6-7, 6-7, 6-4, 26-24 in the longest Semi-final at Wimbledon 2018 as he reached the final at Wimbledon on Friday.</p>, <p>Both player played between hour of 6hour 36minutes.</p>, <p>ALSO READ: Wimbledon: Defending champion Roger Federer bundled out</p>, <p>It will be recall that defending champion Roger Federer was out of Wimbledon after eighth seed Kevin Anderson fought back from two sets down in a gripping quarter-final.</p>, <p>It will be the second Grand Slam final for Anderson, who reached the final of the US Open last year to Rafael Nadal.</p>, <p>The match set Wimbledon semifinal records for number of games (was 72) as well as duration — the 6 hours, 36 minute match bested the previous mark by 1 hour, 52 minutes.</p>, <p>Isner won the longest match at Wimbledon — or any other tournament — when he beat Nicolas Mahut 70-68 in the fifth set after 11 hours, 5 minutes in 2010.</p>, <p>He also broke the record for most aces in a Wimbledon tournament. His 53 on Friday gave him 214 for the fortnight, beating the mark of 213 set by Goran Ivanisevic in 2001.</p>, <p>Not to be outdone, Anderson had 49 aces of his own in the match.</p>, <p>The 32-year-old Anderson will vie for the title on Sunday against the winner of the match between Nadal, the world No. 1, and three-time champion Novak Djokovic. Because of the length of the first match, that semifinal will be played with the roof closed.</p>, <p>Nadal has 17 major titles, two at the All England Club. Djokovic owns 12 Slam trophies, three from Wimbledon.</p>, <p>With the match tied 13-13, fans howled after a spectator shouted out, “Come on guys, we want to see Rafa!”</p>, <p>Isner was trying to end the longest major title drought — 58 majors — for U.S. men in tennis history. The last American man to win a Grand Slam singles title was Andy Roddick at the 2003 US Open.</p>, <p>The Isner-Anderson match was the first Grand Slam men’s semifinal to go past 6-all in the deciding set since the 2013 French Open, and