All Posts Tagged With: "Isner"
Odesnik Defeats Isner… Bjorn Awaits in Houston Semifinal – Extended USTN Match Coverage
Odesnik advanced to the US Men’s Clay Court Championships semifinal in which he lost last year to the eventual champion, Marcel Granollers.
Playing in front of a sold out crowd in Houston, at 5 all in the first set, Odesnik and Isner had just finished a clay court serving clinic. Both winning ~70% of their [...]
10Apr2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
Isner vs. Odesnik Quarterfinal Preview & Houston Results
Odesnik vs. Isner:
John & Wayne have met once in 2007, 2008 & 2009. In the eight sets played, five of them have gone to tie-breakers. Odesnik won the first tie-breaker in ‘07, but Isner has taken the last four tie-breakers 7-3, 7-2, 7-4, 7-4. Those three matches were all on hard courts and Odesnik will [...]
Odesnik & Isner to Meet in Houston Quarterfinals, Dent and Jenkins Advance in Houston Singles
Wayne Odesnik advanced in Houston with a solid win over Jurgen Melzer (who had defeated American Robert Kendrick) 6-4, 6-0 in the second round.
Taylor Dent finished strong in his first round match on Tuesday to advance over Marcos Daniel 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Scoville Jenkins advanced with a stunning come back against Alexander Peya after losing the [...]
Jenkins and Russell Qualify in Houston. Delic and Kendrick Eliminated in Singles and Doubles
Scoville Jenkins took out Donald Young 6-4, 6-4 to get a berth in main singles draw. Donald Young won just 58% of his first serve points and 52% of his second serve points. While Jenkins did win 80% of his first serve points, he will need to address the fact that he lost 14 of [...]
6Apr2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
Get Ready for Houston Clay – Dent & Isner Get Wildcards
Scheduled to Compete in Houston:
3Apr2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
Williams Sisters & Bryan Brothers Put Silver Lining Around Dark Day for American Players and Fans
Saturday, March 28th, started in a frustrating way for American Tennis as multiple regions of Fox Sports decided to broadcast delayed sports and info-mercials rather than live Miami tennis from the Sony Ericsson Open. While it appears to not be a requirement of the ATP/WTA contract for Fox to broadcast live tennis over other sport [...]
29Mar2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
Reynolds Rallies, Delic, Isner, Querry Roll, but Sweeting, Craybas and Levine Out
Jill Craybas and Ryan Sweeting each went down an early break in their matches to trail 1-2 and each lost their first set 4-6. They continued their parallel woes into the second set with both down 2 breaks trailing 1-4, but the similarities end there when Craybas was closed out at 1-6 by Anna-Lena Groenfeld.
Sweeting [...]
Isner, Dent, Russell, Kim, Delic & Kendrick Qualify in Miami
John Isner was facing elimination today in Miami as Bjorn Phau served for the match at 6-2, 5-4, but Isner broke back and then broke Phau’s serve again, after Phau double faulted at 5-6 deuce, to take the second set 7-5. Isner’s winning percentage on first serves went from 48% in the 1st set to [...]
24Mar2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
