It was a tremendous stretch for Juan Martin del Potro — the Argentine won his first ATP World Tour 500-level title since 2013 Basel in Acapulco before claiming his maiden ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophy at Indian Wells. Four more victories in Miami brought his winning streak to 15 matches and a personal-best start to the season of 21-3, leading the ATP World Tour in wins. With two more triumphs, the ‘Tower of Tandil’ could have become the eighth player to win the ‘Sunshine Double’ by lifting the trophy in both Indian Wells and Miami. So while Del Potro was disappointed that he lost in straight sets against American John Isner in Friday’s semi-finals at the Miami Open presented...
John Isner might be playing the tennis of his life. The 32-year-old American stunned Juan Martin del Potro on Friday, upsetting the Argentine 6-1, 7-6(2) in their semi-final at the Miami Open presented by Itau. The American did little wrong against Del Potro, who was on a 15-match win streak and leads the ATP World Tour with 21 wins this season. Isner's serve, as usual, was dominant, but his groundstrokes and volleys carried him to victory. He swung freely and played aggressively, finishing with 39 winners to only 10 from Del Potro. “Things are just clicking. Look, if I'm returning well and getting in return games, that should bode well for me, given how I serve. Very happy it's all...
Watch highlights as Sascha Zverev and John Isner advance to the 2018 Miami Open presented by Itau final. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Mike Lawrence/ATP World Tour
View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the following matches from the 2018 Miami Open presented by Itaú & vote for who you think will win! Del Potro vs Isner | Zverev vs Carreno Busta [GROUP POLL]125[/GROUP POLL] [16] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) vs [4] Alexander Zverev (GER) First FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting Stadium – 7 p.m. The second semi-final pits the aggressive and fluent Alexander Zverev against the patient and consistent baseline game of Carreno Busta for their first FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting. Having won five straight sets at Crandon Park, fourth seed Zverev will today look to improve to 3-0 in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-finals. Victories over Daniil Medvedev, No. 28 seed David Ferrer, No. 17 seed Nick...
