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‘Federer, You Ain’t Sh-t, Isner Owns You!’
By Jamie Mottram | August 30, 2007
John Isner, American tennis’s biggest (6′9″) and most exciting men’s prospect, has won his first two US Open matches to set up a third round faceoff with the man in black himself, Roger Federer. Coincidentally, as mentioned here weeks ago, there’s a months-old Facebook group titled “Federer, you ain’t sh-t, John Isner owns you!!” that’s named after this *alleged* quote from Isner:
“Dude. If I win NCAAs, and play in the US Open, and play Federer, you guys HAVE to be there. You guys have to be there and yell ‘Federer, you aint sh-t, John Isner owns you!!’. Im telling you,
IF YOU’RE THERE, I CAN BEAT HIM.”
So there you go, R-Fed, you’re officially on notice. Especially if the big man’s drunken Georgia buddies show up for the match. Either way, it should be, as Dan Shanoff calls it, “the most intriguing match-up this year.”
For a solid breakdown of Isner’s game and makeup, check out Mottram family favorite Justin Gimelstob’s pre-tournament analysis on SI.com.
Update: Blogs everywhere like such as Post Game Heroes and The Big Lead are jumping on the Isner bandwagon, so maybe I’m not the only one watching the Open.
Topics: John Isner, Tennis | 2 Comments »
August 30th, 2007 at 12:04 PM
The only American who could possibly knock off Federerer is Paul Goldstein.
Rockville represent.
August 30th, 2007 at 3:32 PM
Somewhere, on the courts of Glenarden, MD, a small child just figured out that Isner has no chance against Federer.