ATLANTA TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Fish and Isner In The Final

Written by: Staff on 24th July 2011

ATLANTA TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS - Fish and Isner In The Final

John Isner of US returns a serve during his match against Swedish tennis player Christian Lindell at the Tennis World Team Cup in Duesseldorf, Germany, 16 May 2011. Isner won with 6-4 and 6-1. EPA/VICTORIA BONN-MEUSER |

John Isner, the four-time NCAA All-American, was the first to earn a trip back to the finals of the Atlanta Tennis Championships. In his semifinal match, he faced Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller who has played some of the best tennis of his career this week. To reach the semifinals, Muller recorded two major upsets, taking out the No. 7 seed Alex Bogomolov Jr. in the first round and the No. 2 seed, Kevin Anderson 7-6(3), 7-6(3) to reach the semifinal.

In the first two sets, Isner and Muller held serve easily. The 6’9” American was able to secure one break in the first set at 5-5, to serve out the set 7-5. The second set had no breaks of serves but saw Muller play an impressive tiebreak to force a third set.

After taking a break in order to change into completely new set of clothes, a refreshed Isner dominated the decisive set. Isner was able to break Muller in the second game in order to go up to a quick 2-0 lead and this seemed to be the final momentum swing of the match. Isner raced out to a dominant 5-1 lead, before serving out the match and closing the door on Muller’s aspirations of reaching his first ATP World Tour final since 2005.

Isner has now won eight consecutive matches including his first ATP Title of the season at the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tournament in Newport. In his post-match interview, Isner reflected on his current win streak. “I’ve been waiting to have this feeling for the entire first half of the season,” he said. He now feels that he has his confidence back to support his powerful game and knows that he can compete with any player on tour.

In tomorrow’s rematch of the 2010 final, Isner faces his good friend, Mardy Fish who continued his dominance here in Atlanta with a win over Ryan Harrison. Harrison, the 19-year-old American, had a remarkable run to his maiden ATP World Tour semifinal, highlighted by his thrilling quarterfinal victory over Rajeev Ram in a tight third-set tiebreak. But Fish, the top ranked American, proved too much for Harrison, winning 6-2, 6-4.
ATLANTA TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS – ATLANTA, USA
$ 531,000.00
JULY 16 – JULY 24, 2011

RESULTS – JULY 23, 2011
Men’s
Singles – Semifinals
[1] M Fish (USA) d R Harrison (USA) 62 64
[3] J Isner (USA) d G Muller (LUX) 75 67(3) 61

Men’s
Doubles – Semifinals
M Bachinger (GER) / F Moser (GER) d [4] C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR) 64 16 10-8
A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) / M Ebden (AUS) d R Berankis (LTU) / X Malisse (BEL) 61 76(3)

ORDER OF PLAY – SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011
STADIUM COURT start 12:30 pm
M Bachinger (GER) / F Moser (GER) vs A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) / M Ebden (AUS) – DOUBLES FINAL

Not Before 3:00 PM
[1] M Fish (USA) vs [3] J Isner (USA) – SINGLES FINAL

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