( CNN ) -- World No . 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga entered the record books on Tuesday by winning the longest tennis match in Olympic history . The Frenchman 's second-round clash with Canada 's Milos Raonic took three hours 58 minutes to complete , with the final set ending 25-23 . Tsonga drew first blood , comfortably taking the opening set 6-3 . But Raonic , who is ranked 23rd in the world game , notched up the reverse score line in the second set and was increasingly looking like the man to beat . Three match points came and went for the fifth seed before he finally found a volley at 40-15 in game 66 of the match , which was met with a desperate , failing lunge by Raonic . It ensured the encounter beat the previous record of 48 games in one match between Chile 's Fernando Gonzalez and American Taylor Dent in the Athens Olympics of 2004 . A men 's match at the 1920 Olympics lasted 76 games , but that was played over five sets . It also claimed the record for the longest third set played at an Olympic match . Officials at Wimbledon have become used to rewriting the history books of late . The tennis venue was also the home of the longest game in all competitions when another Frenchman , Nicholas Mahut was beaten by American John Isner in a match lasting 183 games over three days in 2010 . Tsonga admitted this was one of the rare chances he had to shine in the tough world of men 's tennis . `` It 's good because this is the only way to write my name in history for the moment . With Rafa , Roger and Novak , even Andy ( Murray ) , it 's tough to go through big tournaments . So I 'm really happy . I hope I will have some more , '' he told reporters . Meanwhile , Australian wildcard entry Lleyton Hewitt pulled off the shock result of the day in the second round . The former world No . 1 , now ranked 159th , beat Croatia 's No . 13 Maran Cilic , 6-4 7-5 to set up a last-16 clash with Serbian second seed Novak Djokovic . Djokovic ensured there was no such giantkilling for veteran American Andy Roddick , beating his fellow former world No . 1 6-2 6-1 . British hopes in the competition remain in the hands of Wimbledon finalist Andy Murray , who beat 43rd-ranked Jarkko Niemenen from Finland 6-2 6-4 . Third seed Murray will next face Cypriot Marcus Baghdatis , who beat French 16th seed Richard Gasquet 6-4 6-4 . Spanish fourth seed David Ferrer also went through , and will play Japan 's Kei Nishikori in round three . But no more Brits remain in the ladies ' singles , as third seed Maria Sharapova edged closer to her first Olympic medal by overcoming Britain 's former junior Wimbledon winner Laura Robson 7-6 ( 7-5 ) 6-3 . The English teenager admitted being outplayed by the French Open champion , but also had some less than kind words about the state of the hallowed turf on Center Court . `` At 5-5 she ( Sharapova ) hit a serve that bounced a bit funny so I was already a bit gone with that one . Then I hit a pretty solid serve and her return just died . But it happens on grass courts , especially when they 're really worn , like Center is at the moment , '' she told the UK Press Association news agency . Sharapova , who was the first woman to carry Russia 's flag at the opening ceremony , faces a rematch with German 15th seed Sabine Lisicki -- who beat her in the fourth round at Wimbledon . Heather Watson lost 6-3 6-2 to another Russian , 14th seed Maria Kirilenko , to complete a bad day for the women in Team GB . Kirilenko earned a third-round clash with Germany 's Julia Gorges , who upset Poland 's Wimbledon finalist Agnieszka Radwanska in the opening round . World No . 1 Victoria Azarenka strolled into round three with a 6-1 6-2 demolition of Spain 's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez , earning a match with Russia 's Vera Zvonareva . Venus Williams joined younger sister Serena in the last 16 as the Sydney 2000 singles champion progressed with a 6-1 6-3 win over Canada 's Aleksandra Wozniak . The American will next play German seventh seed Angelique Kerber , who thrashed Hungary 's Timea Babos 6-1 6-1 .
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga wins longest match in Olympic history , breaking two records . Score: 6 Novak Djokovic and David Ferrrer also progress into last 16 of men 's competition . No . 1 Victoria Azarenka , Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams progress in women 's event .