Second seed John Isner continued his bid to reclaim the Newport title, advancing to the semi-finals with a 6-4, 6-4 win over fellow American Dennis Novikov on Friday afternoon at the Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open. The top seed fired 20 aces and did not face a break point in the 73-minute victory. "Just one of those matches on a surface like this, with two pretty good servers, that's how it can go – you just get one break and you try to hold onto it. That's what I did," he said. "I felt like in the second set I could have extended it to a two-break lead but a lot of times one break is all I need...
You could have forgiven John Isner if he would have stayed off grass for 11 months. During his ninth showing at The Championships, Wimbledon, earlier this month, the World No. 21 suffered one of his most “disappointing” losses at the All England Club. Isner led then-World No. 90 Dudi Sela two sets to one in the second round but couldn't put away the Israeli, falling 6-3 in the fifth set. It marked the first time Isner had lost that early at SW19 since 2013. But the 32 year old didn't sit around and mope; he prepared for this week's Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open in Newport, where Isner is making his 10th appearance. The top seed arrives looking for...
Watch John Isner track down a lob from Alexander Zverev and crush an overhead smash for a winner during their semi-final at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.
