UGA tennis alumni, John Isner, has been playing the pro circuit since he graduated from UGA. But before this epic match with Nicolas Mahut stretched into its third day, 12th hour and 183rd game, Isner this season had held serve 88% of the time — fourth-best on the tour, among the 73 players with enough match play to rate a ranking. Rather impressive for a UGA graduate. Isner emerged as a top 40 player in early 2009 but has never had a match like this with Mahut.
He was on the Today show this morning talking about yesterday's match and how he was preparing for today's match and all the while wearing a red t-shirt with Uga on it. A big shout out to his former team mates and Georgia in general. We were all proud. To see clip from the Today Show CLICK HERE.
And the good news is that he won! 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 70-68.
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