Aug 12, 2008
Story Timeline: 150 days
only knows one way to win at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic -- in a third-set tiebreaker. Last year, Isner won five matches with a third-set tiebreaker -- three against seeded players -- to reach the final, where he lost to top-seeded Andy Roddick. This year, he pulled an upset again in, yep, a third-set tiebreaker. "I can't seem to win them any way else," Isner said. "It's the same story as last year." Isner defeated eighth-seeded Marcel Granollers-Pujol 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1). It was one of two upsets against seeded players Monday evening -- Bobby Reynolds beat No. 7 seed Marc Gicquel 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-4. Isner won the first six points against Granollers-Pujol in the tiebreaker, and clinched the victory when he returned Isner's 133 mph serve into the net. The match lasted two hours and eight minutes. "It has to be this...
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