Gonzalez wins Wimbledon marathon
JUNE 22, 1980, LONDON Tennis veteran Pancho Gonzalez, 41, endured three incredible days at Wimbledon tennis championships, including the famous tournament's longest match on record. Day one of his game against Puerto Rican Charlie Passarell was washed out. On the second day, Gonzalez lost the first two sets 22-24 and 1-6 before he asked for play to be stopped because of bad light. Gonzalez was booed off the court. On three day, the boos turned to tears and cheers as the old warrior of the courts pulled himself together to squeeze out the Puerto Rican in the remaining three sets 16-14, 6-3 and, in a last set cliff-hanger in which he shrugged off six match points, 11-9. It was Gonzalez's finest (six) hours on the tennis courts.
Gonzalez wins Wimbledon marathon JUNE 22, 1980, LONDON Tennis veteran Pancho Gonzalez, 41, endured three incredible days at Wimbledon tennis championships, including the famous tournament's longest match on record. Day one of his game against Puerto Rican Charlie Passarell was washed out. On the second day, Gonzalez lost the first two sets 22-24 and 1-6 before he asked for play to be stopped because of bad light. Gonzalez was booed off the court. On three day, the boos turned to tears and cheers as the old warrior of the courts pulled himself together to squeeze out the Puerto Rican in the remaining three sets 16-14, 6-3 and, in a last set cliff-hanger in which he shrugged off six match points, 11-9. It was Gonzalez's finest (six) hours on the tennis courts.
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