John Isner celebrating after winning the men's singles final at the Miami Open at Crandon Park at Key Biscayne in Fla — AFP MIAMI, Apr 2 (AFP): John Isner finally put an end to his ATP Masters final agony on Sunday, winning the Miami Open tennis title for the first time by beating Germany's Alexander Zverev 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-4.
The 14th seed had lost his previous three major tour final appearances in 2012, 2013 and 2016 but came back from a set down to beat Zverev in two hours and 29 minutes.
The victory capped a superb tournament for Isner, who endured a difficult start to 2018 which included an early-round exit at Indian Wells in his lead-in to Miami.
"I couldn't have scripted this. I came into this tournament, I won one ATP [World Tour] match all year and was playing very poorly," Isner said after his win.
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