Players to bid at the 2012 US Open Championships: (Part Seven) – Tennis Special
It is quite weird to discuss the players leading for the US Open title and not to mention any home favourites. Well, it is quite simple. No tennis professional from USA is in the Top-10 at the present, hinting how badly the legacy
of this sport has been demolished in this part of the world. American tennis contains most of the legends of the sport, whose careers and records are nothing less than a dream for every young player. However, the present generation of tennis players from USA
have failed to extend the American domination and have led down their legends in a bad manner.
Former world number one, Andy Roddick, was the last recognised champion who took American tennis to some distance but the old horse has started fading into the shadows of his retirement in the near future. Very few American players
are left over in the upper tier of ATP but none seems to match the class of Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, John McEnroe or Ivan Lendl any time soon.
John Isner – the United States of America
Talking about the home favourites for the US Open, only a couple of names are worthy to be mentioned from the men’s side. World number 11 and a former top-tenner, John Isner, has been the most promising of the American tennis players
for the past few years. The 6ft 9in giant has been in the professional circuit for quite a time now and has four ATP championship titles under his belt.
The tall American is recognised to posses one of the most dangerous serve in the game, firing rapid paced aces with pin-point accuracy at will and thumping fiery forehand returns with his extended reach to belt winners all over
the opponent’s court. Isner is one of the most aggressive tennis players on the ATP Tour but this strength of his also backfires at him on certain occasions.
Isner has been in a decent form this year and won his maiden title of the season at Newport, USA, beating the former world number one, Lleyton Hewitt of Australia. His success in the Grand Slam campaign this season has been extremely
disappointing. He suffered a third round exit at the Australian Open, falling to Feliciano Lopez, and then was outgun in the second round of the Roland Garros French Open at the hands of the then 261st ranked Frenchman, Paul-Henri Mathieu. Isner
drastic run continued at the Wimbledon Championships and he bowed out to Alejandro Fall, another inferior ranked opponent, in the very first round.
27-year-old Isner had his best run at a Grand Slam tournament last year, when he reached the quarter-final stages of none other than the US Open Championships. Albeit he was defeated by the world number four, Andy Murray, in the
quarter-finals, Isner was extremely delighted with his performance in the tournament. With better rankings and strategies, Isner desires to do even better in this edition of the US Open. I would say that he will reach at least the quarter-final draw of the
tournament and the local crowd’s support might push him one round even further. Winning the US Open is certainly not on cards of Isner this year but it might be next season.
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