Isner and Querrey Win Madrid Openers

May 5, 2015 | By New York Tennis Magazine Staff
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American John Isner was one of three men from the United States to win their opener in the Mutua Madrid Open on Monday, defeating France’s Adrian Mannarino 7-6(2), 6-4 to advance to the second-round.

Isner ripped 13 aces and didn’t allow a single break point to ease past the Frenchman. He will play Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci in the next stage.

Joining Isner in the second-round will be fellow Americans Sam Querrey and Steve Johnson. Querrey outlasted young Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-3 to advance, while Johnson battled back from a set down to beat qualifier Alejandro Gonzalez 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4).

Querrey will play the winner of 14th seeded Spaniard Roberto Bautista-Agut and Romanian qualifier Marius Copil. Johnson draws a matchup with third-seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal.

Feliciano Lopez made a winning start in his home country on Monday as the 11th seeded Spaniard moved past Germany’s Benjamin Becker 7-5, 3-6, 6-4. Lopez will take on the Argentina’s Leonardo Mayer in the second-round.

Other winners on Monday included Italian Fabio Fognini, who defeated Colombia’s Santiago Giraldo 6-2, 6-3, and Brazil’s Joao Sousa, who scored a 6-4, 7-5 straight set victory over Poland’s Jerzy Janowicz.

On the women’s side in Madrid, fifth-seeded Dane Caroline Wozniacki rolled past American Christina McHale 7-5, 6-0, and ninth-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska cruised past Australia’s Casey Dellacqua 6-2, 6-1.

American Serena Williams won her 22nd straight match to start 2015, defeating compatriot Sloane Stephens 6-4, 6-0.


New York Tennis Magazine Staff
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