Men's Tennis: 4 best Grand Slam matches of the 2018 season

#3 Kevin Anderson vs John Isner (Wimbledon semifinal)

The scoreline and the players' expressions in the photograph reflect the physical nature of this match.

Eighth-seeded Kevin Anderson faced off against ninth seed John Isner in the Wimbledon final. It was a battle between two giants having two of the best serves in the game. The match lived up to its expectation of being an all-time classic.

The match was the second longest Wimbledon match and the third longest Singles match of all-time. The match lasted an extraordinary 6 hours and 36 minutes.

It was going to take something special to separate these warriors as they traded ace for ace and blow for blow. 3 sets were decided in tie-breaks and the decisive set saw a scoreline of 26-24 in Anderson's favour.

Isner who has had prior experience in playing in a similar marathon Wimbledon match way back in 2010, found himself on the losing side this time despite being 2 sets to 1 up.

Isner fought valiantly in the deciding set as for two of the three times that Anderson broke his serve, he immediately responded by breaking his opponent's serve. Finally, the crowd got very restless and Isner was the one who conceded the decisive 3rd break in the set to hand Anderson the victory.

Anderson later revealed prior to the Nitto ATP Finals that the match affected him in a big way physically and mentally. Physically, he lost 4 toenails and mentally he was exhausted and drained out going into the Wimbledon final where he was beaten comprehensively by Djokovic with the effects of his semi-final clearly coming into the picture.