London — Tennis’s marathon man John Isner has welcomed Wimbledon’s decision to introduce tiebreaks at 12-12 in the final set. The American became something of a Wimbledon cult hero when beating France’s Nicolas Mahut 70-68 in the fifth set in 2010 — a record-breaking duel lasting 11 hours five minutes and spanning three days and in which the last set alone (eight hours 11 minutes) would have broken the previous longest-match record. After his 2010 exploits Isner, 33, was involved in the second-longest Wimbledon match in the 2018 semifinals when he went down 26-24 in the fifth set to SA’s Kevin Anderson — a battle of six hours and 36 minutes. That led to further calls to bring in sudden-death tiebreaks and Wimbledon’s organisers announced last week that 2019’s Championships would use them after 24 games in deciding sets. "I have said all along 12-all is good," Isner told BBC Radio 5 on Sunday. "That is sensible — you’re getting people who like the advantage and people who like tie-br...
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