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Isner earns USTA wild card into Australian Open
Dec 21, 2008
John Isner has played his way into next month's Australian Open. Isner won a round-robin playoff in Boca Raton, Florida this weekend to earn the USTA's wild card. The big man was lowest-ranked player in a field of four this weekend, but he came up bigger than the rest with a Grand Slam appearance at stake. John Isner won a wild card from the United States Tennis A...
Earning a wild card the right way
Jan 5, 2009
The news story didn't exactly generate headlines, but John Isner and Christina McHale have wild cards into the Australian Open, and they got them the old-fashioned way -- earning them in a special playoffs sponsored by the USTA. This is a great way to dole out wild cards, and a welcome change from the chronic abuse of the wild-card system. The wild-card concept was c...
Isner Withdraws from French Open due to Illness
May 21, 2009
PARIS -- John Isner of the United States pulled out of the French Open on Thursday because of illness. The 114th-ranked Isner earned a wild card for Roland Garros by winning a qualifying event held by the U.S. Tennis Association. The USTA returned the wild-card slot to the French federation, which handed it to the 310th-ranked Romain Jouan of France. Isner, who li...
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