![]() ![]() "Ten thousand aces is an incredible achievement," said Isner after losing the match, despite hitting 28 aces. After the history-making ace, there was a slight delay as the ball was passed to chair umpire Simon Cannavan for safekeeping. The American is one of just four players in history to enter the elite club, joining Ivo Karlovic (12,622), Roger Federer (10,463) and Goran Ivanisevic (10,131). Men's Clay Court Championship quarter-finals to start the fourth game of the deciding set (1-2) against defending champion Steve Johnson gave Isner 10,000 for his career. In fact, that ace on Friday in the Fayez Sarofim & Co. The result is a blazing 138 mile-per-hour ace down the 'T' on a damp Houston night. ![]() Isner sends the ball flying as if he is wielding Thor’s hammer. The 32-year-old eventually launches toward the sky and at the last moment, Isner turns his wrist so the stringbed meets the ball, producing a devastating result. Just as he lifts his left arm to toss the ball into the air, slightly in front of him, his racquet-wielding right arm begins its own upward motion simultaneously. He bounces the ball between the legs of his 6’10” frame, and then again off the court three times with his racquet, and four times with his hand. John Isner coolly steps to the baseline like he has thousands of times before. ![]()
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