JOHN ISNER RUMORS & GOSSIP
Day 5 at the French: Marathon Man Mathieu Outlasts Isner
After his experience at Wimbledon two years ago, today's match may have felt like a leisurely hit to John Isner. The big man was surely mentally prepared for today's 5 hour, 41 minute battle, but toward the end of the fifth set, his faltering legs and errant forehands told a much different story. The man on the other side of the net, France's 30-year-old Paul Henri Mathieu...
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Isner loses in marathon match at French Open
This, then, is who John Isner is for now: The Marathon Man of Tennis, the guy who plays and plays and plays, for hours on end, until the last set seems interminable.
At Wimbledon two years ago, he won 70-68 in the fifth, the longest set and match in tennis history. At Roland Garros on Thursday, as afternoon gave way to evening, the 10th-seeded American lost 7-6 (2), 4-6, 4-6, 6...
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Frenchman outlasts Isner in marathon
John Isner pulled it out at Wimbledon, but this one at the French Open was beyond him.
At 9:12 p.m. Paris time Thursday, in the gathering gloom of the Philippe Chatrier Center Court, Isner hit a forehand fractionally wide on the sixth match point he was being asked to save. The victory, after 5 hours, 41 minutes, went to wild card Paul-Henri Mathieu, a Frenchman who knows all about...
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Isner loses nearly six-hour match
Playing in another marathon match at a Grand Slam tournament, John Isner lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 18-16 in the second round of the French Open.
The match lasted 5 hours, 41 minutes. The last set alone took 2:28.
Isner won the longest match in tennis history two years ago, beating Nicolas Mahut 70-68 in the fifth set at Wimbledon.
Thursday's match...
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Former Bulldog Isner loses in marathon match at French Open
PARIS (AP) -- Playing in another marathon match at a Grand Slam tournament, John Isner lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 18-16 in the second round of the French Open.
The match lasted 5 hours, 41 minutes. The last set alone took 2:28.
Isner won the longest match in tennis history two years ago, beating Nicolas Mahut 70-68 in the fifth set at Wimbledon.
Thursday...
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Isner Falls to Mathieu in Marathon Match, Nadal, Murray Advance at French Open
In another marathon match at a major against a Frenchman, American John Isner, the 10th seed, fell to Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 18-16 in the second round of the French Open.
The match which lasted 5 hours, 41 minutes is the second longest match in Roland Garros history. The longest was six hours and 33 minutes.
At 2012 Wimbledon, Isner was part of the longest match...
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Tennis players in Twitter battle
Several American tennis players are in a Twitter battle with a European player over their absence from recent tournaments.
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Isner hopes to team up with Serena
Message to Serena Williams from John Isner: Keep an eye on your mailbox.
Isner says he'd like to put himself in the sweepstakes to play mixed doubles with Williams at the London Olympics. He can get in line. Andy Roddick and the Bryan brothers are among those who have also expressed interest in playing with the two-time Olympic gold medalist.
Isner said Tuesday he's good...
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April 17, 2012
Monaco beats Isner in Houston final
HOUSTON (AP) -- Juan Monaco defeated John Isner 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the final match of the U.S. Clay Court Championship on Sunday.
Isner would've moved up to No. 8 in the rankings with a victory, but the Argentine broke Isner's serve three times to hand the American his first clay loss of the year.
Monaco won on clay for the second time this year and improved to 11-2 on the...
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April 15, 2012
Tennis star John Isner soars into Houston
HOUSTON For John Isner it has been a career of getting ahead of himself, and then getting back behind himself again.
He came out hot from the University of Georgia in 2007 and surprised even himself a little with a start to his career that sent him shooting up the tennis rankings. He beat five top-300 players right away, then beat four top-100 players right after that. He was ranked...
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April 10, 2012
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