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Isner fires 20 aces to blast into Newport semis

American John Isner advances without facing a break point

By PTI

Washington, Jul 22: US top seed John Isner blasted 20 aces in defeating compatriot Dennis Novikov 6-4, 6-4, advancing to the ATP Hall of Fame Open semifinals.

Isner, ranked 21st, never faced a break point in the 73- minute triumph to book a Saturday (July 22) date against countryman Bjorn Fratangelo on the grass at Newport, Rhode Island.

John Isner

"Just one of those matches on a surface like this, with two pretty good servers, that's how it can go - you just get one break and you try to hold onto it. That's what I did," Isner said. "I felt like in the second set I could have extended it to a two-break lead but a lot of times one break is all I need so I'm happy to get off the court in pretty quick fashion so I'll be ready to go tomorrow."

Fratangelo, ranked 142nd, upset French fourth seed Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 in Friday's other quarter-final match to book his first ATP meeting with Isner.

AFP

Story first published: Tuesday, August 8, 2017, 11:07 [IST]
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