John Isner victorious over Humbert in the semifinal of the Hall of Fame Open

HALL OF FAME OPEN - NEWPORT. Isner dispatches Humbert to take on Alexander Bublik in the final

John Isner victorious over Ugo Humbert 6-74 7-65 6-3 in the semifinal in Newport on Saturday. Isner will seek to keep on going in this event against Alexander Bublik in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, the French Player won the tiebreak at 4.

2nd set.

Also in this set, nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Isner won the tiebreak at 5.

3rd set.

Isner had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Humbert in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was enough for the American to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

At the end of the match, Isner scored 112 points vs. Humbert’s 104 points.

John served pretty well to win 81% of the points (65/80) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (18/34) on his second serve. John fired 15 aces and he committed 4 double faults. John won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 17% (1/6). On the other side, the French Player wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Isner and Humbert is 1-0 for John.

Next Match: John Isner vs. Alexander Bublik – H2H and stats

Isner will fight against Bublik in the final.

There is no head to head record between John Isner and Alexander Bublik since this will be the first time that they will play each other at pro level.

John Isner in Newport

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