um, what was the final score?

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6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Don't think anyone predicted Isner as a semifinalist in Paris, but what a great week for him. His win over Lopez impressed me yesterday, and today I expected Ferrer to keep the momentum going into the third set. Let's see how he manages against Tsonga tomorrow.

I told people not to count Isner out. He has that serve as a weapon, but sometimes don't have the movement. He's getting there especially with being so tall.

Go You Dawg! Woof, woof, woof, woof.

Great win for Isner, very impressive. GO DAWGS

Great to see Isner's smile - doesn't happen that often, he so frequently looks impassive - and glad he beat the tedious grinder Ferrer. He's got his work cut out against Tsonga though.

Ferrer is a much better player than Isner overall. Don't really know how Ferrer imploded.

GO IZZAY!

Ferrer definitely didn't have his best day, he didn't control the direction of the ball all that well despite Isner's many offpace shots.

However, full credit must go to Isner for playing such intellectually sound tennis. His first break point, you could see he was quick and alert, aggressively going after a backhand that set up two monster forehands to claim the break. He really is returning serve this year much better before. How bout that clean FH return winner to go up triple break point in the last set, then gets 3 aces and an unreturnable to finish.

Izzay also made some extremely difficult touch volleys look easy.

Go IZZAY for the Paris final!!

Isner's game.

When was the game started and when was it end? The starting time is important for me . A bookmaker said the game was started at 01:45 pm and i had bet on 1:50 on isner. Now the bookmaker eleminate my bet!

he reminds me of sampras the way he just stays close and lopes around like mickey rivers at the end of third sets, looking dogged, and then won't miss, finally amps it up a bit, and ends it with a mona lisa grin. and his beaten opponents always look sort of confused, as though they're thinking, "what just happened?"

he'l be the 2nd ranked american soon. while his height helps him a bit when serving and stretching for balls, it's also a huge challenge to keep it together from all the way up there. it's an open question whether he can summon the fitness and movement to beat the best and stay at his best consistently. but he's such a "sneaky good competitor" (thanks Steve) that he pushed Nadal to 5-4 30-all in the fifth set on Roland Garros clay this year. so he could very well do some real damage and break into the top 10.

Great win for John. Watching some of the replay on Espn3 now. With his size, John has to pace himself and take chances to win big, long matches. Funny, I just noticed that Isner, Tsonga, and Berdych are all 1986 babies. With an upset of Tsonga, John will become 2nd highest American at #14 and equal the career high of the man he is most compared to Karlovic.

John also passed the $3,000,000 mark in career winnings this week in Paris.

Ferrer, my man, what happened to you??? Remember your namesake against Goliath: launch straight to the eye of the giant!

John will become 2nd highest American at #14 and equal the career high of the man he is most compared to Karlovic.

John will become 2nd highest American at #14 and equal the career high of the man he is most compared to Karlovic.