Murray beats Isner to make quarters yet again

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Andy Murray reached the quarterfinals for the 20th time in his past 21 Grand Slam tournaments, handling the big serve of John Isner and beating the 15th-seeded American 7-6 (9), 6-4, 6-3 at the French Open on Sunday.

Murray, a two-time major champion who is seeded second in Paris, made it to the quarterfinals at Roland Garros for the sixth time. He has lost in the semifinals the last two years.

After needing five sets to get through each of his first two matches, Murray has now won in straight sets twice in a row.

In six career meetings against John Isner, Andy Murray has dropped only a single set. 15808668

In the opening tiebreaker Sunday, Isner held three set points — at 6-5 on his serve, and at 7-6 and 9-8 on Murray’s — but failed to convert any of them.

One of the game’s top returners, Murray managed to break the 6-foot-10 (2.08-meter) Isner twice. And Murray saved all five break points he faced — two in the first set and three in the last.

The loss dropped Isner to 1-6 in fourth-round matches at Grand Slam matches. He was the last U.S. man in the French Open this year; no man from the country has made it to the quarterfinals in Paris since Andre Agassi in 2003.

Stan Wawrinka was so in control during his 7-6 (5), 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-2 win against Viktor Troicki for a place in the French Open quarterfinals that the …

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