Querrey-Cilic Match Was Long but Not the Longest WIMBLEDON, England - Sam Querrey lost the second-longest singles match in Wimbledon history Saturday, lost it in the third round to Marin Cilic after 5 hours 31 minutes, lost it in the twilight by the epic score of 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-7 (3), 17-15. Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press Sam Querrey congratulating Marin Cilic, front, after he defeated the American with an epic score of 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-7 (3), 17-15. "Just another match now, thanks to Isner-Mahut," Querrey said. Querrey, a wry American, was joking, but only to a point. When Querrey's friend John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut in the first round here in 2010, they played for 11:05 over three days before Isner prevailed, 70-68, in the fifth. That was the longest tennis match in history. "They set the bar pretty high," Querrey said, generating more laughter in the interview room. I mean, it's going to be tough. Even if it's, you know, 30-28, you're a long way away. A plaque commemorating the Isner-Mahut match has been placed at the south end of the No. 18 Court, where it was played (and played). The unseeded Querrey and the 16th-seeded Cilic will presumably have no plaque on the No. 2 Court, where they exchanged swings in the sunshine and, eventually, the shadows. But they can at least take statistical solace in knowing that their match was the longest played at Wimbledon in a single day.