Published Feb 17 2012 by Peter Bodo's TennisWorld


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by Pete Bodo

John Isner feels that this time, "it clicked." It really did. He could almost hear it. Click!

Isner was trying to describe what he took away from his upset of Roger Federer on red clay on the all-time Grand...

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"I didn't necessarily keep it together for five matches in a row" Isner said...
...row," Isner said. "I went over and played one great match. But I'll take confidence from that. I like to think that I'm a good competitor. I know I can rise to occasions against the top guys, like I did against Roger. But now it's about bringing that kind of intensity to every single match I know I can get even better, I can get in the Top 10, maybe Top 5. If I'm playing the right way, I'm gonna give most guys fits."
"I was a little nervous in the first set. Well, Roger cleaned my clock. But when I got ahead in the second set it was like getting my feet wet" Isner said...

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