Top seed Isner won in straight sets, beating South Africa’s Anderson 6-2, 7-6 (7/1) in one of four quarter-final matches that featured three formers winners. Isner, who is the last American left in the draw, hammered 17 aces, had one double fault and won 85 percent of his first-serve points in the 79-minute match.
Isner moves to the semi-finals where he will face France’s Edouard Roger-Vasselin who cruised past Ricardas Berankis 6-4, 6-3. Meanwhile, German second-seed, Tommy Haas outlasted Croatia’s Ivan Dodig 7-6 (8/6), 2-6, 6-1 to reach the semi-finals.
Former champion Haas will next face Latvian qualifier Ernests Gulbis, who defeated Spanish qualifier Daniel Munoz 6-1, 6-4 in 75 minutes.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 3rd, 2013.
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