JOHN ISNER RUMORS & GOSSIP
Four US women in final 16 at French
While the United States didn't get the result it was looking for in Saturday's most thrilling match at the French Open, the Americans did continue a superb run at Roland Garros.
No. 19 seed John Isner saved an incredible 12 match points before falling to No. 12 seed Tommy Haas in yet another amazing Isner five-setter, 7-5, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-7 (10), 10-8 in the third round...
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Isner edges fellow American Harrison
John Isner's career, so far anyway, is defined by what he's done in five-set matches.
Mainly, of course, the all-sorts-of-records-breaking 70-68 win at Wimbledon in 2010. He's also the only man to push seven-time champion Rafael Nadal the distance at the French Open, in 2011's first round. And Isner's 18-16 loss at Roland Garros a year ago was part of a rough...
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Isner edges Harrison 8-6 in 5th set at French Open
John Isner ended his six-match losing streak in five-setters, coming back to beat Ryan Harrison 5-7, 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-1, 8-6 in all-American matchup in the French Open's second round.
It's the first time in Isner's career he has come back to win a match after dropping the first two sets.
The 19th-seeded Isner - best known for winning the longest match in tennis history...
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19 days ago
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Isner advances to Delray semis
Reversing the result of their semifinal here a year ago, John Isner on Friday served his way past defending champion Kevin Anderson 6-2, 7-6 on a chilly night in the quarterfinals of the Delray Beach International.
It was a morale-boosting win for the 6-foot-9 American, whose confidence does not always match his stature on a tennis court.
Forced to miss the Australian Open with...
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March 02, 2013
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Why Won’t John Isner Play on Clay?
By Yeshayahu Ginsburg John Isner is honestly baffling as a player. He has probably the best serve in the world. It is certainly one of the biggest, it is quite accurate, and his height allows him to do things with it that most others can’t. Even when compared to similar players like Milos Raonic or Kevin Anderson, Isner’s serve just seems more effective. So it would stand to...
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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