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I like both players
Gut feeling is Isner in three with one tiebreak, something like 4-6 7-6 6-4
I like both playersGut feeling is Isner in three with one tiebreak, something like 4-6 7-6 6-4
Hope his fitness will hold up. The commentators said something about him hurting his leg when he stumbled after being lobbed. He needs to be mobile if he's to make the desired impact in the later rounds of tournaments......
It did seem like he tweaked his calf hopefully he will be ready to go come the Cilic match![]()
Considering John has never made it past the quarters in a major, I would call it a miracle.
Funny... John has a long way to go to even be considered a dark horse at a majors. Forget the many areas where John's game is lacking. Can he last for 5 sets over two weeks given his size? That couldn't be easy.
Great performance from John last night Sock is s young up and coming player and it is never easy being the hunted as John was last night yet he hit 15 aces and converted 4 out of 4 break points this is incredible form and is very ominous ahead of the French Open and Wimbledon for the rest the tour!
John will take on Berankis who beat Haas later in the quarterfinals
Excellent giff where did you get it?
Great performance from John tonight huge serving and some great convertor stats off the return too!
Apart from one blip in the 2nd set on serve it was a very solid performance!
on this form it is going to take an incredible performance from someone to stop John at the French Open.
John created a bit of history today becoming the first American in 15 years to beat a Spaniard in a clay court final amazing achievement! Not only is John serving huge as always but his returns and groundies have been backing up his huge serve!
As I have said many times the majors from here on in are what will defines John's career but on this form it is going to take an incredible performance from someone to stop John at the French Open.
John created a bit of history today becoming the first American in 15 years to beat a Spaniard in a clay court final amazing achievement! Not only is John serving huge as always but his returns and groundies have been backing up his huge serve!
As I have said many times the majors from here on in are what will defines John's career but on this form it is going to take an incredible performance from someone to stop John at the French Open.
I gotta agree with you.It'll take a top 30 clay specialist to beat John in 4...and in the second round.
Congrats to him today, and I'm happy for him, but he stands no chance right now of winning any slams.
ark is a rec player and has probably seen a fellow rec player with a huge serve (I've seen ark's practice footage and his own serve is far from a weapon), felt powerless to return it, and extrapolated that a big serve is all you need to win anything at the pro level.
Yet he fails to realize that at the pro level, big serves are faced all the time, and they can actually return them.
Time will tell I personally think Wimbledon is his best shot at winning a Grand Slam indeed he himself said this, but the fact remains he is a danger to the games elite players on this surface!No. He will not make 3R.
Arkyhavent seen you posting in a while, great to see you back
looking forward to see john in action at the French open, would be nice to see him to draw Nadal early and finish what he started in 2011
People trying to diminish his achievement of taking Nadal to 5, just sickening really, as it was just as good if not better than Soderlings performance in my opinion
Rooting for John to prove his critics wrong with some aggressive first strike tennis.
Excellent post, as you rightly say, what Soderling achieved and what John achieved v Rafa at the French are both unique achievements with John's being arguably the harder of the two simply because, there are a few guys with big weapons that if they are on their game can take Rafa out relatively comfortably, on any surface, Soderling with his huge game managed this while Del Potro at the US Open and Tsonga have also managed it on other surfaces at the US Open and Australian Open respectively.
Isner by contrast when toe to toe with Nadal at the most prestigious clay court event in the world and pushed Nadal to the brink in his own fortress, both mentally and in terms of endurance that is a far harder and more daunting task IMHO.
Be realistic. Isner was broken 5 times on clay by none other then robin Hasse and Isner rarely wins easily on clay in a best of 5. You should have very low expectations going into the French open of Isner, he is in no form what so ever.
No. He will not make 3R.