American John Isner leads exodus of seeds

Tommy Robredo — It's rare to be talking about two American men having an incredible match on clay, but that is exactly what happened on Friday at Roland Garros. No. 19 John Isner, who has only made it to the third round once at the French Open ...

John Isner is no stranger to an epic. The American won the longest match in tennis history in 2010 when he beat Nicolas Mahut 6-4 3-6 6-7 7-6 70-68 at Wimbledon. And he has been up to his old tricks again at the French Open. On Friday, he clawed his ...

John Isner won the US Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston on Sunday, on the same red clay where all of the ATP action up to and including the French Open will take place over the next two months. Ordinarily, that would be a great sign going ...

IF HE was paid by the point, big-serving John Isner would be the richest man in world tennis. The American, who has made a habit of being involved in marathon matches at Grand Slams, was beaten in the third round at Roland Garros by 35-year-old ...

Women Mainly, of course, the all-sorts-of-records-breaking 70-68 win at Wimbledon in 2010. He's also the only man to push seven-time champion Rafael Nadal the distance at the French Open, in 2011's first round. And Isner's 18-16 loss at Roland ...

Sam Querrey posted a second-round win, while his fellow American John Isner went by way of the upset Wednesday at the $530,000 Nice Open, a final clay-court French Open tune-up.The third-seeded Querrey handled Ukrainian qualifier Sergiy Stakhovsky ...

HOUSTON: American John Isner beat Argentinas Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 7-5 in the final of the US Mens Clay Court Championship on Sunday. Isner won his first tournament of the year and the sixth of his career. He had seven aces in the match including two ...

Top American Sam Querrey picked a good time to pull off his first five-set Davis Cup victory when he stopped Victor Troicki 7-6, 3-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 to level the United States' tie against Serbia 1-1. Querrey's victory boosted the hosts after World No 1 Novak Djokovic earlier raced past John Isner 7-6, 6-2, 7-5. Querrey, who just took over the top American ranking last month, looked tired and without confidence after Troicki won the second and third sets. But with the charged-up crowd ...

By Martyn Herman PARIS The 28-year-old Isner, who won the longest tennis match of all time at Wimbledon in 2010, delved deep into his fuel reserves to fight off Harrison, 21, from two sets down to reach the third round of the French Open. While ...