John Isner: More than just a serve

John Isner is our guest for the 20th episode of Baseline Intelligence. John has reached a career high rankings of 8 in the world in singles, and 14 in the world in doubles. He's won 24 ATP titles and has amassed 29 wins against top 10 ATP opponents. He has 5 career wins over "the big 3" and reached the semifinals of Wimbledon in 2018.

We talk:

2:56 His first leap as a junior tennis player

4:25 A pivotal invasion call at Kalamazoo

6:48 Why he chose the college path

9:19 Learning to work hard at UGA

11:30 Our match at national indoors

15:32 Playing Federer at the US Open

19:10 The most challenging member of "the big 3"

23:12 Jumping into the top 10 in the world

25:16 Advice for playing tiebreakers

26:48 What his experience on tour has taught him

30:20 One coaching experience that helped him

33:34 The epic Wimbledon match

39:33 His best serve tips

42:00 Back to back fantasy football championships

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