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Jo-Willy Tsonga Beats Milos Raonic in Longest Olympic Tennis Match (video)

Today, Jo-Willy Tsonga (France) beat Milos Raonic (Podgorica) 6-3, 3-6, 25-23, in a match that broke the record for the longest Olympic tennis match, at three hours and 56 minutes.  The previous record was in 2004 when Fernando Gonzalez beat Taylor Dent in 3 hours and 25 minutes.

Here is video of the match point.

Tsonga will face the winner of the Feliciano Lopez and Juan Monaco match.

Via Business Insider

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