Isner's Back on the Court
Hopefully you saw my article last week about John Isner and his recent travails.
He's back on the court today at the SAP Open in San Jose. Unfortunately, because Isner is a player that U.S. tournaments are eager to showcase, he'll be the third match on Center Court tonight, with the first one not beginning before 7 p.m. That means it'll be a late night for John, and since he's on the West Coast, probably too late for us to get the result in the Tuesday paper. Keep your fingers crossed.
Don't worry though, I'll post the result and link to any relevant articles as soon as I can tomorrow.
What's that? Oh, the match? He's playing Frenchman Florent Serra, the No. 90 player in the world. He's 3-3 so far this season, with his best result a quarterfinals appearance in Chennai, a warmup tournament for the Australian Open. He's 26 years old and 2007 was the third straight year that he finished in the top 100. So he's an experienced player who's played top competition, but hardly a world-beater. In short, a pretty good draw I'd say, unless he turns out to be the reincarnation of fellow Frenchman Fabrice Santorro.
If Isner can win this match, he'd face the winner of No. 3 seed Tommy Haas and fellow American Robert Kendrick. He'd also pick up 15 valuable ranking points, which would likely vault him into the top 100. Currently Isner is at No. 106, 10 points behind the 100th ranked player.
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