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...
If the beginning of Alexander Zverev's stay at the Miami Open presented by Itau was a bit messy, his past two matches have been as tidy as can be. The fourth-seeded German advanced to his third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final on Thursday, beating Borna Coric of Croatia 6-4, 6-4 in 84 minutes. “You have to win every single point against him yourself. That's what I did tonight, and I'm very happy with it,” he said. Zverev, a two-time Masters 1000 titlist (Rome 2017, Montreal 2017) will face Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta for a chance to play for his third title at the prestigious level. It will be their first FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting after Carreno Busta outlasted Kevin Anderson...
Pablo Carreno Busta had faced Kevin Anderson in Grand Slam semi-finals and at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events. But never before had the Spaniard been able to solve the 6'8” South African's game. Until Thursday. Carreno Busta broke through against the sixth seed for the first time in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series, advancing to the semi-finals of the Miami Open presented by Itau 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(6). Carreno Busta reached his second Masters 1000 semi-final (2017 Indian Wells), and he'll try to make his maiden Masters 1000 final when he faces Alexander Zverev, who beat Borna Coric 6-4, 6-4 Thursday night. “It was an amazing match, no? I lost to him, 7-6 in the third set [at Indian Wells]....
Elevating his career-best start to a season, Juan Martin Del Potro’s wheels of momentum have carried him to a 15th victory in a row in the Miami Open presented by Itau quarter-finals. His latest victim is No. 20 seed Milos Raonic, with the Argentine claiming their two-hour, 52-minute battle 5-7, 7-6(1), 7-6(3). It was Del Potro who breezed past the 27-year-old in Indian Wells before going on to save three championship points to beat Roger Federer in the final. There would be no repeat of his straight-sets routing of Raonic this time round. "It was great tennis and a battle," said Del Potro. "We both enjoyed the game and the crowd were amazing, making for an incredible atmosphere on court....
If John Isner serves the way he did on Wednesday for the remainder of the week, the American might very well be celebrating his maiden ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title at the Miami Open presented by Itau. [ALSO LIKE] The 14th seed won 97 per cent of his first-serve points (31/32) and erased the only break point he faced to beat South Korea's Hyeon Chung 6-1, 6-4 in only 69 minutes. “I was in a good rhythm on the court. Obviously I was taking care of my serve, but I didn't feel like today I needed to really red-line things out there and try to end the points so short. I felt like I could be patient from the...
