When the defending champion pair Tomas Berdych and Lukas Rosol entered the court to play against their Swiss opponents Stanislas Wawrinka and Marco Chiudinelli in the double rubber, they did not know that they were into a history making match.
It seemed both pairs were not giving in as match continued till a double fault by the Swiss pair ended the game in favour of the Czechs.
The previous match record was six hours and 22 minutes. That was held by American John McEnroe's 9-7 6-2 15-17 3-6 8-6 win over Sweden's Mats Wilander in 1982 before tie-breaks were contested.
Berdych and Rosol's doubles victory is now the second longest match ever behind American John Isner's 6-4 3-6 6-7 7-6 70-68 win against Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in the first round of Wimbledon in 2010. That match was played over three days and the pair spent 11 hours and five minutes on court.
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