New York Open: Thompson stuns top seed John Isner New York: Australian Jordan Thompson upset US top seed John Isner 7- 6 ( 7/ 2), 6- 7 ( 3/ 7), 6- 3 on Thursday to reach the ATP New York Open quarter- finals.
Thompson, who will face Italyu2019s Andreas Seppi on Friday for a berth in the semi- finals, avenged a loss to Isner in last yearu2019s New York quarter- finals.
The World No. 63 took his first victory in four meetings with the big- serving American.
u201c Pretty stoked with that,u201d Thompson said. u201c It was a tough match. Didnu2019t get much of a look at his serve. I got one break and managed to hold on somehow.u201d The 25- year- old from Sydney surged ahead 5- 0 in the first tie- breaker, then fell behind 4- 1 in dropping the second only to take the lone break of the match in the final set.
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