Isner finally beat Mahut 70-68 in fifth set.

The final set alone lasted eight hours and 11 minutes.

Amazing and quite beastly.

From Wikipedia:

Scoreboard failure

On the second day of play, the courtside scoreboard stood still at 47–47 and later went dark. IBM programmers said it was only programmed to go to 47–47 but would be fixed by the next day.^[13] The on-line scoreboard at the official website lasted slightly longer: At 50–50 it was reset to 0–0. Users were asked to "please add 50 to the Isner/Mahut game score".^[14] An IBM programmer worked on the computerized scoring system until 11:45 pm to accommodate the match's scores for the next day, although it would have again malfunctioned had the match gone beyond 25 more games.^[15]

Both Isner and Mahut put up an epic display of sport prowess that won't be equaled in decades to come.

They should be handled special trophies for their feat alone  

Damn, how could I miss that match? :(

That was amazing.  Simple amazing.

Both of those men deserve more credit than can ever be given to them.  Playing for 11 hours 5 minutes is one thing, but doing it at that level for 3 days is incredible.  The mental aspect by far tops the physical aspect, Mahut especially.  He played that entire set down by 1 game.  On all of his serves (past 4/5) he was serving to stay alive.  Completely amazing fortitude.  

My hats off to you gentlemen.

True, both have certainly won tons of new fans because of this...

Damn I  should have watched it ! I hope they do a espn replay or something.

Congrats to Isner! I'm happy he won, but I feel terrible for Mahut. He put up one hell of a fight and the whole time he was serving he was down. Incredible. I'm glad they had a special little ceremony for the two of them.

The longest I've ever played a match was around 4.5 hours or so and I can't believe they went to 7 in one day. Truly remarkable.

They both deserved to win. They should get some kind of special trophy or something.

Agreed. At least they got a special gift and ceremony.