Nadal’s Pain is Rivals Gain

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With 11-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal absent from another Grand Slam, all eyes will be on the top three in the Australian Open odds.

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Inside the lines: Straining Isner regresses in loss to Mathieu

Isner committed a whopping 90 unforced errors.

 

PARIS – The big man was straining again and this time he was not situated on a cozy grass court ticked away in a corner next to the Wimbledon broadcast center. This time he was playing on the cavernous Philippe Chatrier Court, where a quick guy with good hands and tennis smarts are able was able to lie way back and repel his blasts. John Isner was struggling, he was without confidence after a pretty lousy one-month stretch and for all of his talk about wanting to be the top American seed at the majors for the rest of his career, he sure didn