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| Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 28 August-10 September |
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American John Isner has announced helium volition discontinue aft the US Open.
The 38-year-old, who has served a grounds 14,411 aces, has won 16 singles titles, reaching a career-high satellite ranking of eighth successful 2018.
He besides competed successful the longest tennis lucifer successful past astatine Wimbledon successful 2010, beating Nicolas Mahut 6-4 3-6 6-7 7-6 70-68 implicit 11 hours and 5 minutes.
"After 17 years connected the ATP Tour, it's clip to accidental goodbye to nonrecreational tennis," said Isner.
"This modulation won't beryllium casual but I'm looking guardant to each 2nd of it with my astonishing family.
"The US Open volition beryllium my last event. Time to lace 'em up 1 past time."
Isner served a grounds 113 aces during his 2010 epic with France's Mahut, which took spot implicit 3 days and concluded with a 138-game 5th set.
His champion effect astatine a Grand Slam was besides astatine the All England Club, wherever helium reached the semi-finals successful 2018 wherever helium was beaten by Kevin Anderson.
Isner was the top-ranked American antheral successful the year-end rankings betwixt 2012-2020 and finished wrong the apical 20 for a decennary from 2010.
The gully for the US Open takes spot connected Thursday, 24 August, with the archetypal circular opening connected Monday.
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