John Isner won the Campbell's Hall of Fame Championship in Newport against veteran Olivier Rochus. This is the first time the #1 seed has won the tournament since it started in 1976. Isner will move up 10 rankings to #36 in the world going into the US Open Series coming up next week. This also marks the end of the grass court season - so sad to see it over already, but that's where the US Open Series comes in!
Isner had an excellent year last year, and he made the final at the Atlanta Tennis Championship (coming up next week) where he lost to Mardy Fish.
In other news, Andre Agassi was inducted into to the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Sunday. For those of you that grew up watching Agassi, he was a phenomenal returner and a clean ball-striker. In a lot of ways he was one of the people to usher in the modern baseline game by countering the serve & volley style of the likes of Pete Sampras.
Agassi also won the Career Golden Slam, meaning he won each of the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open, and an Olympic Gold Medal. He is only the second player in the history of tennis to do that (alongside his wife, of course, Steffi Graf). Rafael Nadal is currently the only active player to have the same resume as Agassi for a Career Golden Slam (of course he has 10 majors to Agassi's 7).
Keep checking back for regular updates! This week the last of the clay court tournaments in Europe will wrap up at Båstad, Sweden, and Stuttgart, Germany. I'll keep you updated on those!
