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Wimbledon 2010 live blog: 24 June

24.06.10

10.40am: So, here we are – the morning after the sunset before. Nicolas Mahut may still be locked into a deathly slumber, but sooner or later he will fire awaken to - racket still clutched firmly in his cold dismal hands and a deep, throbbing pain radiating through his decaying limbs – and dumfound groaning back towards Court 18, knowing now why or how he must persist his match against John Isner must resume, but only that his aching essence calls him back to that place like a lost puppy in search of its ace. Isner will do likewise, but only after locating the missing leg that, according to reports plopped off at some unimportant during the sixth hour of their never-ending contest.

What, we phenomenon, could those two possibly do for an encore after a fifth set that has already broken every LP = 'long playing' in the book. As you should know by now, they had already completed the first four sets of their equivalent, now level at 6-4, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 59-59, on Tuesday but despite playing all day yesterday were powerless to bring it to a conclusion. The final set alone has lasted longer than the before-mentioned longest-ever match. They are scheduled to be third up on Court 18 today – after Anieszka Radwanska's convention with Alberta Brianti and Flavia Pennetta's look-alike against Monica Niculescu – but according to the licensed order of play will not start before 3.30pm in any suit.