AFP - Fourth-seeded Belgian Olivier Rochus and fifth-seeded American Mardy Fish will face off Sunday in the final of the ATP grasscourt Hall of Fame Championships.
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Isner’s Marathon Match Could Have Lingering Effects
June 25th 2010 In Tennis |
by Greg Couch
WIMBLEDON, England -- John Isner lost Friday at Wimbledon. It was inevitable. He was spent. His legs felt heavy. There is no skin left on either small toe, which Andy Roddick said looked like sliced deli meat.
Isner's neck hurt. He doesn't know why.
His shoulder?
"Not really much pain,'' he said. "It's just kind of dead.''
Uh oh. Isner's career is in that shoulder, and it has been put through something that no tennis player's shoulder has ever been through.
He became an instant star with his first-round win over Nicolas Mahut, with a fifth set score of 70-68.
But at what cost? I'll say it straight out: I wonder if Isner will ever be the same.
Or at the least whether he'll have long-term issues.
WIMBLEDON, England -- John Isner lost Friday at Wimbledon. It was inevitable. He was spent. His legs felt heavy. There is no skin left on either small toe, which Andy Roddick said looked like sliced deli meat.Isner's neck hurt. He doesn't know why.
His shoulder?
"Not really much pain,'' he said. "It's just kind of dead.''
Uh oh. Isner's career is in that shoulder, and it has been put through something that no tennis player's shoulder has ever been through.
He became an instant star with his first-round win over Nicolas Mahut, with a fifth set score of 70-68.
But at what cost? I'll say it straight out: I wonder if Isner will ever be the same.
Or at the least whether he'll have long-term issues.
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Couch: Match to Remember | Spivack: Records Broken
NBC Video: Highlights | Interviews | Sharapova's Take
Murray confident Wimbledon within his grasp (AFP)
June 19th 2010 In Sports News |
AFP - Andy Murray said he was set on ending Britain's long wait for a Wimbledon men's singles champion by winning this year's title.
