TAG: John Isner
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Tribute: Close Encounters With John Isner
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By Scoop Malinowski The American tennis great John Isner retired earlier this month from professional tennis. But the sixteen-time ATP champion and former ATP world no. 8 has left his mark on the sport, achieving outstanding success and results, victories vs Federer, Nadal, Murray and Djokovic and also popularity and friendship with his peers… One […] Continue to read full article...
Atlanta · ATP · Fila · Georgia Bulldog · John Isner · NCAA · Newport · Prince · US Open · Wimbledon
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Appreciating John Isner’s Amazing Career
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By Scoop Malinowski Two decades ago John Isner was a very good US junior player. Then eighteen years old, the tall kid from Greensboro, NC competed at the 2003 National Boys 18s in Kalamazoo and reached the quarterfinals where he lost to Robert Yim 76 75 (Yim subsequently won the tournament by beating Chris Kwon […] Continue to read full article...
Fila · Georgia Bulldog · John Isner · Kalamazoo · Miami Open · Prince · Roger Federer · US Open
American teenager Alex Michelsen routed Spanish veteran Albert Vinolas Ramos 64 63 64, which was his first Grand Slam main draw match win. Justin Gimelstob came over to watch Michelsen and was very impressed by his game and demeanor – “I don’t like Michelsen, I love him.” Grigor Dimitrov needed to save three match points […] Continue to read full article...
John Isner has decided to retire after a 17 year career highlighted by wins over Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray, the Mahut marathon at 2010 Wimbledon 70-68 in the fifth set, a million aces (actually 14,411). The 38 year old out of the University of Georgia feels the time is right to hang up the […] Continue to read full article...
Darren Cahill · Fabio Fognini · John Isner · Mai Hontama · US Open
Venus Williams trailed Veronika Kudermetova 14 in both sets but managed to prevail 64 75, for her first big win in quite some time. The wildcard, now 43, doesn’t seem to have any plans for retiring soon. John Isner, on the otherhand, lost another heartbreaker 76 76 to Jordan Thompson. After a semi run in […] Continue to read full article...
Cincinnati Masters · John Isner · Novak Djokovic · Richard Gasquet · Venus Williams · Western & SouthernOpen
By Scoop Malinowski John Isner was in the midst of the worst slump of his illustrious ATP career, he lost seven matches in a row before arriving in Newport for the Infosys Hall of Fame Championships. So Isner made a change and reunited with his old coach Justin Gimelstob, the two-time mixed doubles Grand Slam […] Continue to read full article...
Atlanta · Infosys Hall of Fame Championships · John Isner · Justin Gimelstob
Andy Murray is playing at a very high level, close to his best but just fell short. In the fourth set tiebreaker when he lost a 30 ball rally on Tsitsipas’s overhead winner, Murray excessively complained angrily to his box, wasting very valuable energy. Of course he lost that tiebreaker and went down the early […] Continue to read full article...
Andy Murray · Chris Eubanks · John Isner · Nico Mahut · Paula Badosa · Stefanos Tsitispas · Wimbledon
It’s ten years since since Novak Djokovic last lost a match on centre court at Wimbledon. It’s now been a decade since Novak last lost to Rafa in a match outside of clay. Elina Svitolina has signed a contract to wear adidas after a short stint wearing a Ukrainian brand called Paka. Nick Kyrgios on […] Continue to read full article...
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11 Biggest Overachievers In Tennis
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By Scoop Malinowski Alex de Minaur – A very good but not dominant junior, the Australian has progressed to ATP stardom. The undersized baseline dynamo who takes the ball early is 24 now and ranked 18 in the world with seven ATP titles and nearly $10m in prize money earned. Demon’s best ranking was 15. […] Continue to read full article...
Adrian Mannarino · Danielle Collins · David Goffin · Diego Schwartzman · John Isner · Simona Halep
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Paul, Cressy, Moutet, Isner Headline Newport
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JUNE 20, 2023, NEWPORT, R.I, U.S.A., – World No. 15 Tommy Paul, defending champion Maxime Cressy, French standout Ugo Humbert, and four-time champion John Isner highlight the 28-player field for the 2023 Infosys Hall of Fame Open. The tournament, which is the only grass court stop on the ATP Tour outside of Europe, will take […] Continue to read full article...
Corentin Moutet · John Isner · Newport Hall of Fame · Tommy Paul · Ugo Humbert
