NEW YORK (AP) — John Isner is back in the U.S. Open's third round, so that can only mean one thing for the highest-ranked American man: a match against Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber.
The 13th-seeded Isner hit 30 aces and saved the only break point he faced in a 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2 victory over 77th-ranked Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany on Thursday at Flushing Meadows.
In a real — and, as Isner put it, "bizarre" — example of the luck of the draw, he now will face the 22nd-seeded Kohlschreiber, who advanced when his opponent, Michael Llodra, stopped because of an injured left elbow.
It will be the third year in a row Isner plays the same guy, Kohlschreiber, in the same round at the U.S. Open. Kohlschreiber eliminated Isner in 2012 and 2013.
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