TAG: John Isner
Apr/25
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Canceling Big Serves And Aces Is A Stupid Idea
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By Scoop Malinowski There is a growing movement to cancel the most important and difficult shot in tennis – the big first serve. Here is what Rafael Nadal recently said: “Tennis hasn’t changed practically anything in terms of rules throughout its history. People are getting taller and moving better. The serve has a decisive impact. […] Continue to read full article...
Jun/24
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Frederik Nielsen Discusses Worst Grand Slam, Rune, Isner, Fritz
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Former 2012 Wimbledon doubles champion Frederik Nielsen revealed some interesting inside information about the no. 4 ranked Grand Slam, Big John Isner’s suspect scheduling strategies and some interesting dilemmas faced by Denmark’s rising force Holger Rune… The 40 year old Nielsen, who retired in 2022 after a 21 year pro career, discussed these topics and […] Continue to read full article...
Frederik Nielsen · Holger Rune · John Isner · US Open · Wimbledon
Sep/23
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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
Aug/23
30
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...
