SW19 SEES REPLAY OF LAST YEAR’S EPIC WHERE FAVOURITISM CHANGED 2,422 TIMES
Isner and Mahut 3-1 to go to five sets this time around
Bettors on Betfair make it a 3-1 chance that the first round clash at Wimbledon between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut will go to five sets, following their record-breaking match at the same stage of the famous tournament last year. That marathon effort lasted three days, with American Isner famously claiming victory by a astonishing 70 games to 68 in an eight-and-a-half hour final set.
Perhaps even more remarkable was the fact that, on the Betfair exchange, the favouritism changed 2,422 times in-play during the match.
This time around Isner is just 1-2 to repeat the win, with Frenchman Mahut currently trading at 15-8.
Betfair’s Tony Calvin said: “It will take many years to forget their game last year that completely rewrote the SW19 record books. You simply couldn’t have imagined that the two of them would be drawn together again 12 months later.
“Betfair’s tennis markets are always popular with traders, but last year’s game between Isner and Mahut was simply our most remarkable ever.”
Isner and Mahut 3-1 to go to five sets this time around
Bettors on Betfair make it a 3-1 chance that the first round clash at Wimbledon between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut will go to five sets, following their record-breaking match at the same stage of the famous tournament last year. That marathon effort lasted three days, with American Isner famously claiming victory by a astonishing 70 games to 68 in an eight-and-a-half hour final set.
Perhaps even more remarkable was the fact that, on the Betfair exchange, the favouritism changed 2,422 times in-play during the match.
This time around Isner is just 1-2 to repeat the win, with Frenchman Mahut currently trading at 15-8.
Betfair’s Tony Calvin said: “It will take many years to forget their game last year that completely rewrote the SW19 record books. You simply couldn’t have imagined that the two of them would be drawn together again 12 months later.
“Betfair’s tennis markets are always popular with traders, but last year’s game between Isner and Mahut was simply our most remarkable ever.”
