john isner and nicholas mahut were near unknowns before but record breakers now . big embraced little with whatever strength they could still summon. the final said finished 70 games to 68. a basketball score, not a tennis one. isner the winner, but a moment both will surely remember forever. >> i honestly when i... when i left the match yesterday i really thought it was a dream. i didn't think that was... t type of match was possible and so i was really expecting to wake up in all seriousness. >> reporter: it began on tuesday evening, by wednesday tea time they were five hours in and not even halfway through. standards never dropped. even if heads did occasionally. at 47 all, the scoreboard had had enough. it had to be reprogrammed. as it's a small court,less than a thousand could watch. but they stayed until late into last night when the lights and the legs began to fail. both returned refreshed for a third installment today. a contest they would take 183 games to decide. >> my coach actually believe it or not said jokingly before the tournament started that i'll

it was the shortest match of the championships so far, coming one day after isner won the longest match of tennis in history. after the match, isnor said he was heading home. >> i'll watch sports, i'll take in the world cup. i'll, you know, go fishing. i'll do whatever, just anything away from the tennis court . >> sreenivasan: isnorwon just five games in today's entire match. >> brown: now to judy for our weekly political analysis. >> woodruff: and that is shields and brooks, of course. the big story of the week , general stanley mcchrystal and what he and his staff said, mark about the president, and a lot of the civilian leadership. what do you make of this? >> well, i mean, it was a totally unexpected, outof the blue crisis that hit the white house , hit the administration. and in a strange way, because the president did , i think, handle it will in a deft and surefooted way, it could actually end up enhancing his strength and burnishing his credentials which needed burn as commander in chief. i think beyond, that judy, it was an example-- to me, anyway-- of -- putting in general pe