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Notes from the Front – SAP Open 2013, Day Six Semifinals

Found February 17, 2013 on Tennis Panorama :
PLAYERS: Tommy Haas,  John Isner,  Milos Raonic,  Sam Querrey
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Notes from the Front – SAP Open 2013, Day Six Semifinals By Kevin Ware Day Six Semifinal Results [4] Tommy Haas (GER) d [2] John Isner (USA) 6-3, 6-4 [1] Milos Raonic (CAN) d [3] Sam Querrey (USA) 6-4, 6-2 Match Notes Semifinal #1 After watching Tommy Haas and John Isner the past few rounds, I had an uneasy feeling about Isner’s chances against the resurgent German in the first semifinal.  Isner needed to start aggressively, serve well, and keep the points short. Haas needed to challenge the Isner second serve, take his chances, and work the big man over with baseline play.  The Haas strategy proved to be the winning one, as he took out the No. 2 seed in straight sets. When asked about his success in seeing the Isner serve, Haas said, “I mean, that’s the key against somebody like John, obviously. I think early on in the beginning he didn’t hit his first serves in so I tried to jump on the second, tried to make something happen, get it back in play, and then take my chances in the ra...
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