WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 11: John Isner hits a volley during a match with Marcel Granollers during the Legg Mason Tennis Classic on August 11, 2008 at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, DC. (Photo by Allen Clark/OffWing.com)
It was here last year that John Isner burst into the professional tennis after graduating from the University of Georgia. In what was his second ATP tournament, Isner upset three seeds on his way to his first career ATP final, eventually losing to Andy Roddick.
Tonight it took three sets with a third set tie breaker to beat the eigth-seeded, Marcel Granollers of Spain, 6-3, 6-7(5), 7-6(1). Things looked grim late in the third set when Granollers broke Isner, like last year the crowd came to Isner's rescue cheering him on as he broke back and then easily won the tiebraker.
WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 11: Marcel Granollers hits a backhand volley during a match with John Isner during the Legg Mason Tennis Classic on August 11, 2008 at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, DC. (Photo by Allen Clark/OffWing.com)
Tomorrow's match line-up looks to be superb; Mardy Fish, Andy Roddick, Marat Safin, Sebastian Grosjean, and Juan Martin Del Potro are just some of those playing.
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