MX23RW : Wednesday, November 27 10:32:24| >> :600:8600004:8600004:

Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares win doubles record-breaker

Brazil's Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares set a new record for the longest match in Olympic history following their win over Czech fifth seeds Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek in the men's doubles.

Brazil's Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares have set a new record for the longest doubles match in Olympic history following their win over Czech fifth seeds Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek.

The South American duo are now through to the quarter-finals of the competition at Wimbledon following their four-hour-20-minute contest which was spread across two days.

They also broke the records for both the highest number of games in total at 63 and the longest set ever, with the third lasting 46 games.

Melo and Soares romped to a 6-1 win in the first set on Tuesday before Berdych and Stepanek levelled the match with a 6-4 victory in the second.

With the third set tied at 18-18, play was abandoned due to bad light.

When the match resumed, both teams continued to hold serve before the Brazilians broke and went on to serve out the final game 24-22.

ID:37571: cacheID:37571:1false2false3false:QQ:: from db desktop :LenBod:restore:1925:
Restore Data
Share this article now:
Laura Robson
Read Next:
Robson looking forward to "fun" mixed doubles
>
rhs 2.0
Today's games header


Sports Mole provides in-depth previews and predictions for every match from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football.
Argentina's Lionel Messi kisses the World Cup trophy after collecting the Golden Ball award on December 18, 2022Sign up for our FREE daily preview newsletter direct to your inbox!