American friends Ryan Harrison and John Isner, who met in the 2017 BB&T Atlanta Open final, reflect on their form on the US hard court swings and their fantasy baseball selections.
Two-time champion John Isner claimed his 350th match win at his hometown tournament in Winston-Salem Tuesday night, clinching back-to-back breaks against World No. 70 Russian Andrey Kuznetsov to close out the match 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-3. Isner had dropped serve just three times all summer (Newport, Atlanta, Montreal, Cincinnati) but was broken twice in the opening set and three times overall. But in an encouraging sign, he converted all three break point chances he accrued. The 6’ 11” American came into the tournament having held 146 of his past 149 service games. He was not broken in five matches en route to the semi-finals of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati last week. "After the end of the second set...
John Isner reflects on his quarter-final victory over compatriot Jared Donaldson and prepares for his upcoming semi-final match against Grigor Dimitrov. Watch live matches at tennistv.com
John Isner discusses his third-round victory over Frances Tiafoe and looks ahead to his quarter-final matchup with compatriot Jared Donaldson. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.
Fourteenth seed John Isner won 91 per cent of his first-serve points (42/46) to win his opener at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati 7-6(3), 6-4 against Serbian Viktor Troicki on Sunday. The American hit 20 aces and saved both break points to improve to 3-4 against Troicki in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series. Isner, who is 9-1 in his past 10 matches, has won two titles in the past month: the Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open in Newport and the BB&T Atlanta Open. He reached the Cincinnati final in 2013, beating Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro before falling to Rafael Nadal in the final. Isner will next meet a compatriot, either #NextGenATP Tommy Paul or...