Washington SF: (8) Isner def. Tursunov 6-7 (7-9) 6-3-6-4

First of all, never expected Mitya to take a set today. But it was truly horrific, abysmal play by him after the rain delay?no serve, no groundstrokes, nothing. His absolutely braindead ROS game takes the cake though. Isner actually gave him plenty of chances to get to a BP as there were 2-3 games when John missed nearly all first serves. But all Tursunov was doing on those 2nd serve returns was retreating to the fence?actually expected him to climb up onto the stands at one point.
Most of those 2nd serve returns didn't even reach the net, the ones that did were easily picked up by serve-and-volleying Isner. Even a lobotomized potato would have figured out something should be changed in that return pattern?like cutting angle by storming into the court on ROS and taking the ball on the rise. But Tursunov just kept standing glued to the fence from mid-second set till the end of the match.

Still, it was a great week for Mitya. He was lucky to face useless or struggling players to reach SF but credit to him for capitalizing on the draw despite his own very poor play (49 DFs in five matches). He's up to No.43 in the next week rankings?his highest position since January 2012.

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