No. 2 seed John Isner fought through another final-set tiebreaker with a 4-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (7) victory over Gilles Muller of Luxembourg in the second round of the Atlanta Tennis Championships on Wednesday night.
Isner, who became a household tennis name after winning a three-day, 183-game match at Wimbledon last month, improved to 16-5 in career final-set tiebreakers.
Isner had not played since he lost in the second round at Wimbledon the day after his record win over Nicolas Mahut of France.
Michael Russell will face Isner in the quarterfinals on Friday night.
Down a point in the third-set tiebreaker, Isner did not react to a fan who …
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