KARE 11 Reporters Break World Record Posted on May 4th, 2010 by

KARE 11 reporters Eric Perkins and Dave Watkins with Gustavus tennis coach Steve Wilkinson.

KARE 11 Reporters Eric Perkins and Dave Watkins broke a Guinness Book of World Records record for longest tennis match on Tuesday night at Gustavus’s Swanson Tennis Center.

Perkins and Watkins eclipsed the previous mark of 36 hours, 36 minutes, and 36 seconds at approximately 10:37 p.m. on Tuesday.

The record breaking event began at 9:30 a.m. on Monday and was part of a new KARE 11 series being hosted by Watkins called “Record Wreckers.”

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