Straight Sets: Isner Hopes for Improvement at Wimbledon

John Isner was one of four seeds sent packing from the men's singles at the Topshelf Open in the Netherlands on Monday. The No 3 seed was beaten 6-7 (7-3) 6-3 6-4 by Russian Evgeny Donskoy in one hour, 33 minutes. In a contest dominated by serve, ...

S'HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands, June 17 (UPI) -- Donskoy rallied after dropping the first set to bounce the 6-foot-9 Isner 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 6-4 at Autotron Rosmalen in the Netherlands. Joining Isner in the ranks of Day 2 upset victims at the ...

John Isner was one of four seeded men's players to lose in the first round at the rain-interrupted Topshelf Open. The third-seeded American lost 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4 to Evgeny Donskoy on Monday. No. 6 Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, No. 7 Victor Hanescu of Romania ...

No stranger to battling back, John Isner pushes Tommy Haas to a tiebreaking fifth set. It is Haas that eventually prevails, needing 13 match points to win 7-5, 7-6, 4-6, 6-7,

PARIS Over and over and over again in his latest hard-to-believe five-setter, John Isner was a single point from losing to 35-year-old Tommy Haas. And over and over and over again, Isner put off defeat, saving a record 12 match points. He could not ...

American John Isner beat Argentina's Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 7-5 in the final of the US Men's Clay Court Championship on Sunday.

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It was lucky number 13 for Tommy Haas in an extraordinary 7-5 7-6 (7/4) 4-6 6-7 (10/12) 10-8 win over marathon man John Isner on Court One. The American is most famous for his three-day epic against Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon, and he came into this ...

John Isner was denied an incredible victory as Tommy Haas edged a thrilling five-set encounter in the third round of the French Open men's singles.Marathon man Isner saved 12 match points and came from two sets down to force a taxing fifth set, but ...