The threadbare state of American men's tennis surfaced again on Monday when John Isner lost to Fernando Verdasco in the fourth round of the US Open to make it the worst home showing in the professional era.
Images from Day VII of the US Open tennis championships at Flushing Meadows, New York on Sunday.
Mardy Fish reeled in second seed John Isner 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 to clinch the Atlanta Tennis Championships on Sunday and win his second successive ATP title.
Petra Martic kept her composure to advance to the Round of 16
It took 11 hours and five minutes for John Isner to become the biggest story in tennis but his only reward is a good night's sleep, a take-away meal and a second-round match against Dutchman Thiemo De Bakker. After his marathon first-round victory over Frenchman Nicolas Mahut that extended to over three days, the big-serving American has to come back on Friday and do it all again.
Giant American John Isner slammed down 38 aces to beat Swiss Marco Chiudinelli at the French Open on Thursday.
John Isner and Ivo Karlovic became the tallest doubles partnership when they played their first round match at the Australian Open.
Prakash Amritraj upset fourth seed and world number 109 Vincent Spadea in straight sets to advance to the singles quarter-finals in the US $50,000 ATP Challenger in Tallahassee, United States. The Indian, who achieved a career-best ranking of 185 last week, stunned his American opponent 6-4, 6-1 in the second round clash.
"There have been moments for optimism - plenty. And on the men's side, not as much."
Tommy Robredo proved size is not everything in tennis, cutting towering American John Isner down to size to give Spain a 3-0 victory in their opening Hopman Cup encounter on Sunday.
Serena Williams returns to the Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday
Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt cut big-serving American John Isner down to size with a 6-2 6-4 victory in the first round of the $3.24 million Shanghai Masters on Tuesday.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles beat American wild card duo of Mardy Fish and John Isner 7-5, 6-7(5), 12-10 in the quartfinals.
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi went down 6-4, 7-6(1) to unseeded American duo of Mardy Fish and John Isner in the doubles final.
Big-serving John Isner upset fifth-seeded fellow-American Andy Roddick 7-6, 6-3, 3-6, 5-7, 7-6 to advance to the fourth round of the US Open Saturday.
Roger Federer claimed the 100th ATP title of his career by beating 20-year-old Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Saturday.
Three-time champion Andy Roddick defeated bullet-serving Ivo Karlovic 7-6, 7-6 on Friday to book a spot in the semi-finals of the Washington Classic. Roddick won the tiebreakers 7-4 and 7-5 to set up an all-American affair with John Isner, who beat Czech Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 at the $1.4 million hardcourt event.
Big-serving American John Isner produced the first upset at the LA Open with a 7-6, 7-6 victory over seventh-seeded German Benjamin Becker in the opening round on Tuesday. Fifth-seeded Russian Igor Kunitsyn eased into the second round with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Indian qualifier Somdev Devvarman and Argentina's Leonardo Mayer crushed French qualifier Josselin Ouanna 6-2, 6-3.
Rafael Nadal toppled big-serving American Reilly Opelka to remain perfect on the year while unseeded Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic stunned world number six Matteo Berrettini.
ATP tournaments incurred losses of between $60 and $80 million last year, hurt by last-minute cancellations
Andy Roddick beat impressive Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-4 in the second round of the San Jose Open.
The tournament will be Murray's third since hip surgery in January and mark his return to the hard courts for the first time since March 2017 at Indian Wells.
Mardy Fish held off big-serving John Isner 6-2 6-7 7-5 in the second round of the San Jose Open on Thursday, while top-seeded Andy Roddick dispatched Latvian Ernests Gulbis 6-3, 7-6 (3).
IMAGES from Day 4 of the Wimbledon Champions at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Thursday
US captain Patrick McEnroe said the duo would be joined by the world's top-ranked doubles pair, Bob and Mike Bryan. John Isner and Sam Querrey will travel with the team as practice partners.
World number one Roger Federer faces a lofty challenge in his bid for a fourth straight U.S. Open title when he takes on American wildcard John Isner in the third round on Saturday.
Former partners Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes started off their respective doubles campaigns on a winning note at the Legg Mason Classic.
Marat Safin began his bid to end a title drought dating back almost two years with a 6-3, 6-4 win over American John Isner at the Los Angeles Classic.
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Fifth seeds Rohan Bopanna and Edouard Roger-Vasselin booked a quarter-final berth in the ATP Paris Masters but Leander Paes and Daniel Nestor were ousted after a straight sets defeat, in Paris.
Rafael Nadal reclaimed top spot in the men's ATP rankings on Monday
Top seed Andy Roddick beat Mardy in the quarter-finals of the San Jose Open but James Blake lost to Robby Ginepri.
With the American men experiencing their longest US Open title drought in the Open era, Venus Williams led the American charge into round two on Monday with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 win over Viktoria Kuzmova of Slovakia.
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American No 1 John Isner wants injured players to be compensated with first round prize money at Grand Slam to lower the number of early withdrawals.
Andy Roddick ended the fairy tale run of John Isner by beating the rookie 6-4, 7-6 in the Washington Open final.
Federer beat Kyrgios for the third time in as many editions of the competition to take Europe closer to the 13-point victory target
Tenth-seeded Keys, who reached the third round with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Luksika Kumkhum of Thailand, is one of the biggest servers on the women's circuit.
The Australian Open has joined Wimbledon in introducing a final set tiebreak from next year's competition, following the "most extensive" consultation in the event's history, tournament director Craig Tiley said on Friday.
Italy's Matteo Berrettini overcame second seed Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6(9), 6-4 to win his first title at the Swiss Open in Gstaad on Sunday.
Hewitt has been reeled in as replacement for unwell Nick Kyrgios
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