John Isner will retire from professional tennis after playing at the U.S. Open, he announced on Wednesday, bringing an end to a career that included one Grand Slam semifinal appearance and a victory in the longest match in the sport바카라s history.
바카라This transition won바카라t be easy but I바카라m looking forward to every second of it with my amazing family,바카라 the big-serving, 6-foot-10 (2.08-meter) American wrote in a posting on social media that included a photo showing Isner, his wife and their four children.
바카라Time to lace 바카라em up one last time,바카라 the 38-year-old Isner said, referring to the year바카라s last major tournament, which begins in New York on Monday.
Isner reached a career-best ranking of No. 8 in 2018, shortly after reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon, won 16 singles titles and has hit more than 14,000 aces, an ATP Tour record. That includes 113 바카라 the single-match mark 바카라 in his win against Nicolas Mahut that lasted 11 hours, 5 minutes across parts of three days in the first round at the All England Club in 2010 and ended at 70-68 in the fifth set.
There is now a plaque commemorating that contest on the wall outside Court 18, where it was played.
바카라Especially once the match got past, you know, 25-all, I wasn바카라t really thinking,바카라 Isner said back in 2010. 바카라Hitting a serve and trying to hit a forehand winner is the only thing I was doing.바카라
That match and Isner바카라s loss to Kevin Anderson by a 26-24 score in the fifth set in the semifinals at Wimbledon eight years later were a big part of the impetus for the sport바카라s eventual switch to standardizing tiebreakers in the decisive sets at all Grand Slam tournaments.
He was born in North Carolina and played tennis at the University of Georgia, helping the school win the 2007 NCAA team tennis championship, before turning pro that year.
Isner won more than $22 million in prize money and for years was the highest-ranked American man.
He has gone just 8-13 in 2023 and his ATP ranking dropped to No. 158 this week.
Isner bowed out in the first round at each of this season바카라s first three Grand Slam tournaments. The last time he got to the third round at a major was at Wimbledon last year, when he defeated Andy Murray at Centre Court.
바카라It바카라s no secret that I am most definitely not a better tennis player than Andy Murray. I might have been just a little bit better than him today. It was an incredible honor to play him on this court, in front of this crowd,바카라 Isner said that day. 바카라At the age I바카라m at now, I need to relish these moments. This was one of the biggest wins of my career.바카라
