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      World number 13 Isner out of Australian Open

      Thursday, 10 Jan 2013

      American John Isner has pulled out of the Australian Open because of the knee injury that forced him to quit last week's Hopman Cup.

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      Isner defends Winston-Salem Open

      Sunday, 26 Aug 2012

      John Isner saved three match points as he completed a successful defence of his Winston-Salem Open title by beating Tomas Berdych.

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      Federer through to Paribas final

      Sunday, 18 Mar 2012

      Roger Federer beat great rival Rafael Nadal and the rain to book his place in the final of the BNP Paribas Open against John Isner.

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      Federer secures fourth Indian Wells title

      Sunday, 18 Mar 2012

      Roger Federer beat American John Isner 7-6 6-3 on Sunday to become the first player to win the Indian Wells ATP tournament four times.

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      Isner beats Djokovic in Indian Wells

      Saturday, 17 Mar 2012

      American John Isner recorded a superb win over world number one Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals of the BNP Paribas Open today.

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      Nalbandian demands action against umpire

      Wednesday, 18 Jan 2012

      Furious David Nalbandian has demanded action against umpire Kader Nouni after a controversial end to his second-round match.

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      Murray marches on to semis

      Saturday, 10 Sep 2011

      Andy Murray became only the seventh man in the Open era to reach the semi-finals at all four grand slams in a single year with a gripping 7-5 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7/2) victory over giant American John Isner at the US Open.

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      French Open men's round-up: day three

      Tuesday, 24 May 2011

      Rafael Nadal avoided the shock of all shocks by coming from two sets to one down to beat John Isner 6-4 6-7 (2/7) 6-7 (2/7) 6-2 6-4.

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      Federer back on form - men's round-up

      Friday, 25 Jun 2010

      Exhausted American John Isner, whose epic first-round match broke all tennis records at 11 hours and five minutes, was beaten in just 74 minutes by Dutchman Thiemo De Bakker at Wimbledon.

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      Isner wins longest match in history of tennis

      Thursday, 24 Jun 2010

      The world's longest tennis match finally ended on Thursday when John Isner overpowered fellow record-breaker Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon.

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      Nicolas Mahut v John Isner: As It Happened

      Thursday, 24 Jun 2010

      John Isner has prevailed is his titanic tussle with Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon. Updates from the marathon match are available here.

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      Wimbledon sees longest match ever

      Wednesday, 23 Jun 2010

      The longest match tennis has ever seen between American John Isner and France's Nicolas Mahut was halted at 59-59 in the fifth set after an astonishing ten hours when bad light halted play.

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      Nadal reaches Madrid quarter-finals

      Thursday, 13 May 2010

      Rafael Nadal saw off the challenge of giant American John Isner this afternoon to reach the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open.

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      Spirited Sorensen beaten Down Under

      Wednesday, 20 Jan 2010

      Irishman Louk Sorensen showed fighting spirit but ultimately saw his Australian Open fairytale ended by American John Isner earlier today.

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      Roddick edged out in five-set thriller

      Sunday, 06 Sep 2009

      Andy Roddick became the first big-name seed to crash out of the US Open men's singles on Saturday as he lost a fifth-set tie-break to fellow American John Isner.

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      Federer tames big-serving Isner

      Saturday, 01 Sep 2007

      Top seed Roger Federer dropped his first set of the tournament before rebounding in style to tame towering American wildcard John Isner 6-7 6-2 6-4 6-2 in the third round of the US Open.

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      Roddick ends Isner fairytale

      Sunday, 05 Aug 2007

      Top seed Andy Roddick ended the fairy tale run of 416th-ranked John Isner by beating the tour rookie 6-4 7-6 in the Washington Open.

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