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The lord of the aces struck once more, broke the world record and was eliminated at Wimbledon: John Isner broke the record for direct serve points set by Croatian Ivo Karlovic (13,728). Isner served 24 aces once morest Italy’s Jannik Sinner and now stands at 13,748.
The 37-year-old from the USA still lost the third round match: Isner even gave up his serve twice at 4: 6, 6: 7 (4: 7), 3: 6. He did not earn his own breakballs.
Isner once set another world record at Wimbledon: that of the longest match in tennis history. In 2010 he played lawn tennis for eleven hours and five minutes once morest Frenchman Nicolas Mahut – and won. With 70:68 in the fifth set.
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