Friday, July 22nd, 2011 at 3:24 pm , filed under Scores & Schedule by Davis Robinson
American player, John Isner will be clashing against the Chinese player, Yen-Hsun Lu to enter into the semi finals of the Atlanta Open.
Jon Isner, world No.35 will be battling with Chinese, Yen-Hsun Lu in the quarterfinals of the in the Atlanta Open on Friday, 22nd July, 2011 at 20:05 GMT, an ATP World Tour 250 which is being held in Atlanta, U.S.A.
This will be their first head to head encounter against each other, as the American player is hot player to win the quarterfinals encounter.
John Isner survived lasted 2 hours, 50 minutes marathon against his fellow country men, James Blake in his opening match, firing an impressive 30 aces with a sore line of 6-7 (8), 7-6 (3), 7-5, to reach the quarterfinals. Isner with an impressive performance this season with win-loss record of 16-14 has won the last week title at Newport and has reached tow back to back to quarter’s this season at Auckland and Huston.
Chinese world No. 85, Yen-Hsun Lu is playing in his first ATP World Tour quarter-final since he achieved the feat at one of the biggest tournaments last year at Wimbledon. Lu struggled in the first two months of the season 0-6. However, as of now his win-loss record for 2011 is 7-15.
As per the predictions, it will be a straight set victory for the American player, John Isner.
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