Andy Murray suffered his earliest Wimbledon exit as he lost in four sets against American John Isner in the second round.
The 35-year-old former world number one clinched the third set to keep alive his hopes but fell 6-4 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 to the big-hitting 20th seed.
Ended in style 💫@JohnIsner secures a superb Centre Court victory, defeating Andy Murray 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-7(3), 6-4#Wimbledon | #CentreCourt100 pic.twitter.com/QH5jUUJcSe
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 29, 2022
John Isner, a 2018 semi-finalist, fired 36 aces on his way to an impressive victory on Centre Court.
Jannik Sinner becomes just the fifth person to reach 1,000 aces in singles matches at Wimbledon.
He will play 20-year-old Italian 10th seed Jannik Sinner next.
Andy Murray had never before failed to reach the third round at Wimbledon , in 13 previous attempts.
John Isner was magnanimous towards his beaten opponent in his on-court interview, saying: “I am most definitely not a better tennis player than Andy Murray, I might have just been a little better than him today.
"It was an incredible honour to play him on this court"@JohnIsner pays tribute to Andy Murray after notching a first career win over the Brit#Wimbledon | #CentreCourt100 pic.twitter.com/O70rDRTvoA
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 29, 2022
“It was an incredible honour to play him on this court in front of this crowd. At the age I’m at now, I need to relish these moments. This was one of the biggest wins of my career,”John Isner said.
“To play as well as I did against one of our greatest players ever was a huge accomplishment for me. He’s a massive inspiration to each one of us in the locker room and we are so lucky to still have him around,”he sa
“Look, it’s no secret that I am most definitely not a better tennis player than Andy Murray,” a very gracious Isner said afterwards. “I might have just been a little bit better than him today. It was an incredible honour to play him today on this court in front of this crowd.”
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