Wimbledon, 21-19 in the 3rd set!

There was an amazing doubles battle on court No. 6 where Colombians, Juan Sebastian Cabal and  Robert Farah faced so-called “Indo-Pak express”, consisted of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (seeded No. 4). The Colombians served 15 times to stay in the match (saved five match points) and finally broke their opponents at 19:19 in the decider, in the following game the Colombians won the last four points from a (15-40) deficit. The final set lasted two hours 18 minutes (first two sets lasted 52 minutes), it is the second longest deciding 3rd set in doubles, in terms of games (in the Open era).

# Below the ten longest deciding 3rd sets in doubles in the Open era:

Australian Open, 1997: W.Arthurs/J.Irleand d. C.Brandi/F.Messori 6-3, 3-6, 29-27
Wimbledon, 2011: J.Cabal/R.Farah d. R.Bopanna/A.Qureshi 2-6, 6-2, 21-19
Australian Open, 1984: D.Gitlin/H.Pfister d. S.Davis/B.Testermann 2-6, 7-6, 20-18
Australian Open, 1990: J.Hlasek/E.Winogradsky d. T.Benhabiles/C.Pioline 6-2, 4-6, 19-17
Beijing-Olympics, 2008: S.Aspelin/T.Johansson d. A.Clement/M.Llodra 7-6, 4-6, 19-17
Roland Garros, 1973: B.Gottfried/D.Stockton d. I.El Shafei/B.Fairlie 4-6, 7-6, 18-16
Roland Garros, 1985: P.Annacone/C.Van Rensburg d. H.Gildemeister/B.Prajoux 7-6, 1-6, 18-16
Atlanta-Olympics, 1996: M.Woodforde/T.Woodbridge d. J.Eltingh/P.Haarhuis 6-2, 5-7, 18-16
Australian Open, 1998: L.Lobo/J.Sanchez d. T.Kempers/M.Oosting 3-6, 6-3, 18-16
Beijing-Olympics, 2008: C.Guccione/L.Hewitt d. A.Calleri/J.Monaco 4-6, 7-6, 18-16