Tennis People from Georgia (U.S. State) - Georgia Bulldogs Tennis Players, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Men's Tennis Players, John Isner (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Georgia Bulldogs Tennis Players, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Men's Tennis Players, John Isner, Bryan Shelton, Robby Ginepri, T.j. Middleton, West Nott, Jim Gurfein, Chris Garner. Excerpt: John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985, Greensboro, North Carolina) is an American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high rank of #19 on May 10, 2010, and is currently the number-two ranked American tennis player. Isner played collegiate tennis at the University of Georgia from 2004 to 2007 and became the school's all-time leader in singles and doubles victories, earning All-American honors each of his four years and leading Georgia to the 2007 NCAA championship. Isner began his professional career in earnest in the summer of 2007. With a world ranking of # 839, he needed wild card entries into the main draws of every tournament, even at the Futures level. He won his first tournament of the fall, the USA F14 Futures, beating the top 3 seeds along the way. Then, after first round losses in a Challenger-level and an ATP-level tournament, he beat 5 top-300 players and 3 seeds to win the Lexington challenger in July to improve his ranking to # 416 after just one month. At the following week's tournament at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C., Fernando Gonzlez's late withdrawal freed up a wild card spot, which was given at the last minute to Isner. Isner took full advantage of his good fortune, recording his first-ever wins over top-100 players. He won 3rd-set tiebreakers on 5 consecutive days, beating # 73 Tim Henman, # 47 Benjamin Becker, # 189 qualifier Wayne Odesnik, # 12 Tommy Haas, and # 54 Gal Monfils, to reach the final. He fell 64, 76 to Andy Roddick in the final, but his incredible week raised his ranking to # 193 in ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12509095