John Isner Newport
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Isner and Karlovic roll in the 2nd Round at Newport

During Day #3 of the Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open, the top 4 singles and the #1 doubles team took to the courts in a packed 10-match schedule.

To open the day, (2) Ivo Karlovic (CRO) downed Denis Kudla (USA) 6-4, 6-4; Tobias Kamke (GER) upset (3) Adrian Mannarino 7-65, 7-5; (1) John Isner (USA) eliminated Sam Groth (AUS) 6-2, 6-4; Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) bested Akira Santillan (AUS) 7-6, 3-6, 6-1; Peter Gojowczyk (GER) outlasted Konstatin Kravchuk (RUS) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4; (Q) Matthew Ebden (AUS) upset (6) Lukas Lacko (SVK) 6-1, 7-62; (4) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) held on to beat Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 7-5, 2-6, 6-3; Dennis Novikov topped (Q) Frank Dancevic 6-3, 6-2

In doubles, Matt Reid (AUS)/John-Patrick Smith (AUS) squeezed by Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE) 4-6, 6-4, 22-20 and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/Rajeev Ram (USA) (1) defeated Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)/Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) 6-2, 6-1.

RESULTS – JULY 19, 2017

Men’s Singles – Second Round

[1] J. Isner (USA) d [Q] S. Groth (AUS) 62 64

[2] I. Karlovic (CRO) d D. Kudla (USA) 64 64

T. Kamke (GER) d [3] A. Mannarino (FRA) 76(5) 75

[4] P. Herbert (FRA) d A. Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) 75 26 63

[Q] M. Ebden (AUS) d [6] L. Lacko (SVK) 61 76(2)

D. Novikov (USA) d [Q] F. Dancevic (CAN) 63 62

B. Fratangelo (USA) d A. Santillan (AUS) 76(3) 36 61

P. Gojowczyk (GER) d K. Kravchuk (RUS) 26 64 64

Men’s Doubles – Quarterfinals

[1] A. Qureshi (PAK) / R. Ram (USA) d [PR] A. Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) / M. Reyes-Varela (MEX) 61 62

First Round

M. Reid (AUS) / J. Smith (AUS) d C. Hsieh (TPE) / H. Peng (TPE) 46 64 22-20

via Hall of Fame Open