John Isner does not want to be recognized as the marathon star only
What John Isner wants at last is a list of top ten players in order to clarify the reason of not being desirable to be chiefly recognized for being the star of the marathon match that proves out to be the lengthiest one in the history of world tennis. He has his own reasons for sure.
‘I am striving really hard and wants to be among the list of top ten players in the world and my first priority is to grab a Grand Slam Title in the near future’, Isner said.
Over the last fourteen months, Isner has raised his world’s rankings to as high as number nineteen where as the marathon star was previously listed as number 150 in the world’s ranking.
However, the man is fully aware of the fact that his present entitlement to notoriety is as the victor or achiever of the lengthiest ever tennis match that stretched over a period of three days, eleven hours and five minutes. Isner won the epic match with a 70-68 match set victory over Nicolas Mahut.
The grass court Grand Slam tournament however proceeds as normal crossways Atlantic, Isner on the other hand after falling down in the round number two has subscribed to the celebrity studio circuit in the city of New York.
He attended the ‘Late show with David Letterman’ this Monday where he delightfully told about his desire of being included in the top ten lists in the near future.
Such a huge amount of recognition and public esteem came in such a short span of time that Isner has not fully embraced it yet.
According to Isner, he still feels that his high quality game of tennis is still a long way to go although as far as his physical fitness is concerned, he is absolutely fit and healthy and does not care of his age at the moment.
Hence the guy who didn’t even participate in last year’s Wimbledon because he was disabled as a result of mononucleosis is now pretty confident as far as his future in the game of tennis is concerned. Isner used to play as a scholarship contester at Georgia prior to his professional tennis career and at that time, turning pro was no less than a prank for Isner part probably skeletal factor being one of the reasons for a six feet and nine inches tall player, for sure.
Isner was a fine player even at the time of his high school and was included among the list of top ranked junior players. He concentrated well on tennis only all through his student life in order to get a scholarship from the college.
As far as the lengthiest tennis match is concerned, Isner appreciated Mahut’s high spirits as well as enthusiasm. There were times during the match when Isner thought of calling it off however the encouraging thing is that the star of the marathon match did not give up till the end although both the players fought extremely well beyond any measure of speculations.
Undoubtedly, this win has definitely brought Isner in the limelight. Prior to that contest, he was noticed by a large number of crowd, however he now enjoys a great recognition from everyone around him.
As far as the desire of being included among the top ranked players is concerned, John Isner will definitely make it happen soon considering his one year’s progress in his professional career.
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