Reuters: Sports News: Big-serving Isner reaches final in Washington

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Big-serving Isner reaches final in Washington Aug 4th 2013, 00:53 By Steve Ginsburg WASHINGTON | Sat Aug 3, 2013 8:53pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American John Isner moved closer to his second title in as many weeks by blasting 29 aces to despatch Russia's Dmitry Tursunov 6-7(7) 6-3 6-4 and reach the final of the $1.3 million Citi Open on Saturday. Isner will face the winner of Saturday's late match between top seed Juan Martin del Potro and Tommy Haas for the title on Sunday. Isner landed 67 percent of his first serves, had only one double fault, and never faced a break-point in winning his first match against Tursunov in just over two hours. The eighth-seeded Isner, who won in Atlanta last week and is the United States' top men's tennis player with a world ranking of 20, broke Tursunov to love in the fifth game of the final set to grab a 3-2 lead. That was all the lanky 28-year-old needed, and he sealed the hardcourt match on an unseasonably cool evening in Washington with an ace on match point. "I've served incredibly well these last two weeks in Atlanta and here and it's carried me. There's no doubt about that," said Isner. "It's always going to be my shot that's going to keep me in most matches. "I feel like I'm in a pretty good serving rhythm right now. This court helps my serve. I'm riding high on a lot of confidence now so it's nice." Tursunov won the opening-set tiebreaker on a well-placed forehand volley after Isner punched a backhand volley long on the previous point. Isner scored the only break of the second set on the first point following an 80-minute rain delay when he fired a crisp passing shot down the line to seize a 3-1 lead. "I did probably come out a little bit fresher from that rain delay," said Isner, who has seven titles. "Winning that first point gave me all sorts of momentum. I felt like I had a good chance to force a third (set) after I won that point and game." (Editing by Gene Cherry/Ian Ransom) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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