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They played a total of 233 points; only three of them went over nine shots; 179 of them (77 per cent) were over in four shots or less.

But in that second-set tiebreak, Raonic quickly went up 3-0, winning both points on Isner's serve. For someone like Raonic, two mini-breaks in a tiebreak – especially so early on – should be more than enough to win the set and, in this case, the match. But this time, it wasn't enough.

Isner recuperated those points, and more, as Raonic got only one first serve into play in the last six points of the tiebreak.

After that, fans would probably have preferred the two players head straight to the third-set tiebreak, bypassing the monotony of the set in between. And in the end, that's where they ended up. And despite the fact that Raonic has gone 8-1 in deciding-set tiebreaks over the last year, Isner won it.