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Isner and Haas advance to San Jose quarter-finals
John Isner, Tommy Haas enter quarterfinal in San Jose, whilst Michael Russell advanced into second round where he will meet top seed Raonic. Second seed American Isner overcame Vasek Pospisil of Canada in three sets in the second round of San Jose ATP tournament. Both players were serving excellently in [...] -
Dolgopolov and Haas progress to last eight of the Citi Open in Washington
Alexandr Dolgopolov of the Ukraine and second seed for the ATP Citi Open in Washington has marched through to the last eight of the hard court tournament with some ease. The Ukrainian saw of Italy’s Flavio Cipolla 6-1, 6-3 in the first round, before defeating Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo of Spain [...] -
Top Seed Shocked by Michael Russell in LA
The Farmers Classic lost its top seed through the night as France’s Benoit Paire succumbed to American Michael Russell in straight sets, Detroit-born Russell defeating the world no. 47, 7-5 6-4. Another seed awaits Russell in tonight’s quarter final, this time in the form of Australian Marinko Matosevic. Matosevic – [...] -
Atlanta Open: Roddick, Isner Advance to meet in All-American Semifinal
The evening set of quarterfinal matches at the Atlanta Open were an all-American affair. First up was no. 4 seed Andy Roddick against Michael Russell. Roddick came out firing, scoring 12 aces and maintaining a first serve percentage of 73% throughout the match. Like Roddick’s previous opponents in the tournament, [...] -
Isner defeats Mahut in Newport, Nishikori also advances into last 8
Top seed John Isner needed 1 hour and 18 minutes to book his place in the quarterfinals of the Hall of Fame Tennis championships in Newport as he defeated Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in straight sets 6-2 7-6 (2). The most memorable match between these two players was played two year’s [...] -
Monaco wins Houston title, beats Isner in final
Juan Monaco of Argentina won the fifth career title of his career claiming the US Clay Court Championship trophy in Houston. Monaco beat world American world no.10 John Isner in three sets 6-2 3-6 6-3 and improved his this year’s clay court record to 11-2. The Argentine won this year’s [...] -
Isner against Monaco in Houston final
World no.16 Juan Monaco of Argentina became the first player to book a place in the US Men’s Clay Court Championship Final in Houston. Monaco beat American qualifier Michael Russell in three sets 5-7 6-1 6-4 and will play his 13th ATP final. The first set was decided in the [...] -
Isner advances to Houston semis, plays Lopez next
World no.10 John Isner defeated fellow American Ryan Sweeting 7-6 (1) 7-6 (4) and moved into the US Men’s Clay Court Championship semifinals. The defending champion Sweeting had his chances, but didn’t take them as he failed to convert any of the six break point opportunities he had against Isner. [...] -
Russell beats Fish in Houston, Isner through to QF
American qualifier Michael Russell defeated fellow no.1 seed Mardy Fish 6-3 6-1 and booked his place in the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship quarterfinals. Fish, who didn’t seem to be 100% focused, pulled out of the Davis Cup tie against France a couple of weeks ago due to what he [...] -
Sweeting and Russell through to round two in Houston
The defending champion Ryan Sweeting started the Houston Tennis Tournament with a 6-3 7-6 (6) win over the Brazilian qualifier Ricardo Mello. Sweeting, who won the Houston title last year with a final victory against Kei Nishikori of Japan, had to save two set points at 5-6 in the second [...]





