It takes about 10 seconds to read the 33 words printed on a new, oval plaque mounted outside Wimbledon's Court 18 to commemorate the longest ever tennis match, which took place at the All England Club a year ago.
It is a typically understated acknowledgement by Wimbledon organisers of the feat achieved by John Isner and Nicolas Mahut — but then no amount of words could sum up an act of extraordinary human endurance that spanned three days and lasted 11 hours and five minutes over five sets.
Today, those two same gladiators will return to the All England Club for a re-match after they were shocked to be drawn together for a first-round clash.
"I'm very happy to come back to play in front of the English fans and, at the same time, I'm a little bit worried about being able to meet the expectations. It's a question of not letting people down," Mahut, the Frenchman who lost last year's epic match, said in an interview in the days running up to the grass court grand slam.
"Freakish", "astonishing", "unbelievable", "mind-boggling", "bizarre" are just some of the words competitors used when Isner and Mahut were drawn together again for this year's championships - the same words that were used to describe their first-round encounter last June that hypnotised a global audience of millions.
Going into tomorrow's encounter, Isner summed up the sentiments of the two players."It's weird and it's cruel," the American said.
At the time of the draw, Andrew Jarrett, the Wimbledon referee, twisted the knife further by suggesting: "There is every possibility we could schedule it for Court 18."
That would be the worst-case scenario for Mahut, who plunged into depression for three months after losing the 183-game match 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68.
"I hope organisers will try and avoid that situation," said Mahut. "But if I have to go back out there, then I don't know. It will be a strange feeling because it will be impossible for me not to think about [last year's] match."
Chances are that with so much buzz surrounding the rematch, a court seating just 782 spectators will not do and this time they will play out their rivalry on either Centre Court or Court One.
"This time there's obviously a lot of attention and all this is a bit new," said Mahut, who has been struggling to come to terms with the hype.
A year ago, Mahut served the first ball of the match at 6.13pm local time on Tuesday June 22. The "never-ending match" finally reached its conclusion at 4.48pm on Thursday June 24.
The fifth set alone lasted eight hours, 11 minutes and was 98 minutes longer than the previous longest grand slam match - Fabrice Santoro's victory over Arnaud Clement at the French Open in 2004.
In the fifth set, Mahut successfully served to stay in the match for 64 games in a row.
Statistics, however, tell only one story - that the match went on and on and on. The numbers reveal nothing about how Isner and Mahut stayed out there for so long, the mental and physical battles they had to endure during the contest, or what happened next.
"We have become really good friends through this experience. That's one of the things that I have become most happy about," Mahut said. "We write to each other and send messages. We follow each other's results and maybe if my English was a bit better, we'd have more chance to know each other better.
"We've been trying to play doubles for a while but it's difficult. We wanted to play Wimbledon but it's tough as it's best-of-five-sets doubles and also in singles. We'll definitely play Wimbledon together one year."
Following last year's match, Mahut said he suffered "a blackout and kind of breakdown and almost lost memory for a bit". It was a feeling that came back to haunt him last Friday.
"I was following the draw on my computer when my name came out, then the screen went blank," Mahut said: "I was sitting in the locker room when this great yell of 'Noooooooo' went up. Nobody could believe it.
"I didn't believe it when they said I had drawn John. I had to go to the television screen to check it. Then I got a text from John. It was of a sad face. We both agree it's just crazy. It is going to be tough mentally."
