U.S.Open championship favorites six years after Andy Roddick won the tournament.Andy Roddick's Saturday night showdown with his fellow American, John Isner, was always going to be a toe-to-toe slugging match, but few would have guessed that it would end with the world No 5 being carried out of the ring. It was a typical Roddick match, won by thunderbolt serves.Isner won 7-6, 6-3, 3-6, 5-7, 7-6 on a bleak day for American men's tennis at the US Open.Isner may believe anything is possible after his victory over Andy Roddick, but the top three American men all failed to reach the last 16.Isner, the 6-9 former University of Georgia all-American, was tiring badly as the day-session match strained toward its 9:23 p.m. finish.A factor Roddick judged to be key in Isner's 7-6 (3), 6-3, 3-6, 5-7, 7-6 (5) third-round victory.
"Obviously, hands down, biggest win of my career," Isner said. "Nothing even compares. I know I can really do some damage here now."Ultimately, Roddick would lose his serve only one time - and Isner only twice - but "there's a lot that's out of your hands with the way he plays," Roddick said.sner pressed Roddick not only with his blowtorch serve - he hit 38 aces to Roddick's 20 - but also with his looming presence. His 67 trips to the net, from whence he scored 42 winners.
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