John Isner defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany in his first round match at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2. You can catch a few highlights here. Up next for John is Andreas Seppi of Italy. Seppi is currently ranked number 30 in the world.
Should Isner continue to advance, his likely opponents would be number nine seed Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia in the round of 16, followed by some guy named Roger Federer in the quarterfinals. Isner would most likely then face world number one Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals, followed by some other guy named Rafael Nadal in the finals. Here is a link to the draw if you would like to look at other scenarios.
That all may seem a little ridiculous, but let's not forget Isner has already defeated both Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic earlier this year.
John has tomorrow off as far as single goes, but he will be playing doubles with Sam Querrey. They will face off against Jurgen Melzer of Austria and Philipp Petzschner of Germany.
I'll be sure to keep you posted on John's progress through this tournament. If you have the Tennis Channel, you can catch the matches live. Once Wednesday's schedule of play is announced, I'll post John's match time.
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