Isner & Mahut in Wimbledon repeat

Venue: All England Club, LondonDate: 20 June-3 JulyCoverage: Live on BBC One, Two, 3D, HD, Red Button, online (UK only), Radio 5 live, 5 live sports extra; live text commentary on BBC Sport website (#bbctennis); watch again on iPlayer Isner finally wins marathon match at Wimbledon 2010

Record-breaking duo John Isner and Nicolas Mahut have been drawn together in the first round of the men's singles at Wimbledon.

The pair played the longest match in tennis history in 2010, taking place over three days, which American Isner won 6-4 3-6 6-7 (7-9) 7-6 (7-3) 70-68.

This year's first-round tie will take place on Tuesday but organisers have yet to allocate a court.

British number one Andy Murray tweeted: "Centre court anyone?!"

Their freak 11-hour-and-five-minute encounter on Court 18 enthralled and captivated audiences around the world, as well as completely rewriting tennis's history books in the process.

After play was suspended at 59-59 because of bad light, the pair played another 19 games before Isner, who had been the 23rd seed, eventually broke Frenchman Mahut's serve before holding out for a truly remarkable victory.

Not only did the duo play the longest set and match ever recorded, they also played the most games in a set and a match, registered the most aces in a match and the most aces by a player.

Isner finished with 112 aces and Mahut 103, easily beating the previous record - held by Croatia's Ivo Karlovic - of 78.

And British number one Andy Murray, who will play world number 56 Daniel Gimeno-Traver in the first round at SW19, said Isner and Mahut deserved a show court for their 2011 encounter.

"Isner vs Mahut drawing each other in the first round after last year is the most amazing thing I've seen in tennis!" he tweeted.

Isner took world number one Rafael Nadal to five sets in the first round of the French Open last month, eventually losing out 6-4 6-7 (2-7) 6-7 (2-7) 6-2 6-4 to the Spaniard.

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The 26-year-old is 46th in the men's rankings, 53 places above Mahut, who lost to Spain's Fernando Verdasco in the second round at Queen's last week.

The 29-year-old's Grand Slam form has been poor, losing in the first round of the French Open and the second at the Australian Open.

Since their marathon encounter 12 months ago, Isner revealed the duo have since become friends.

"Honestly, before Wimbledon, we'd never said one word to each other," he said.

"Now we text each other quite often and I've got to know that he's a really class act and a really good guy."

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