Kevin Anderson wins a Marathon in Wimbledon semi-final

After playing out a marathon quarter final match to send roger Federer home, South African tennis player Kevin Anderson played another marathon match this time in the semi-finals against John Isner. He won 7-6,6-7,6-7,6-4,26-24 to reach finals of Wimbledon. This is second longest match in the Wimbledon history. The match lasted for 6 hours and 35 minutes. Kevin Anderson is set to face another tough fight in the final in the form of either Nadal or Djokovic. For Isner, he is again in the record books as he was part of longest match in the history of tennis when the match lasted for 11 hours 5 minutes and the score read 6–4, 3–6, 6–7, 7–6, 70–68 then. 

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