The Sporting Almanac Podcast · Jack Senior and Ben Davies
The Wimbledon Championships
·1 hr 23 min·5 clips
The 2010 Wimbledon first-round match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes over three days.
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A Wimbledon episode that mixes ritual, scheduling, and a straightforward debate about how the tournament is played.
On Wimbledon, The Sporting Almanac treats the event like a national ritual, not just a tennis tournament. It opens with the ballot and the overnight queue, then moves through the lawns, Henman Hill, strawberries and cream, and the small details that give the place its odd…
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If Wimbledon feels like a ritual, this gives you the queue, the lawns, and the argument.
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