The 29-minute tennis point

What BBN said about it

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThe ball goes over, it comes back, it goes over again, and nobody on this court will blink!

2. 

   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorRex, that can't be real. A point is like ten seconds, tops.

3. 

   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorTwenty-nine minutes, Chip! One point lasted twenty-nine minutes, and it took six hundred and forty-three shots!

4. 

   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSix hundred and forty-three?

5. 

   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorAnd that is the longest rally in tennis history! Two players, one ball, and a scoreboard that is begging for mercy!

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTwenty-nine minutes is a whole sitcom episode!

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's longer than most movies! I'd need snacks and a bathroom break just to watch it.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorIt gets worse, Chip! That point sat inside a match between Vicki Nelson and Jean Hepner that lasted six hours and thirty-one minutes!

9. 

   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNo way. That's a workday and a nap.

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    Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThe longest women's tennis match on record, per Wikipedia, at a women's professional tournament in nineteen eighty-four!

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNineteen eighty-four! So someone has been playing that point ever since, and I respect the commitment.

12. 

    Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorNext time you're stuck in line, Chip, call it a rally. Twenty-nine minutes is a personal best, and you were born ready.