<p>After competing in the U.S. Open, John Isner will conclude his career as a professional tennis player, he revealed on Wednesday. His career has featured one Grand Slam semifinal appearance and the triumph in the longest match in the history of the game.<img decoding=”async” class=”alignnone wp-image-143875″ src=”https://www.theindiaprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/theindiaprint.com-images-66.jpg” alt=”theindiaprint.com images 66″ width=”1335″ height=”880″ srcset=”https://www.theindiaprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/theindiaprint.com-images-66.jpg 276w, https://www.theindiaprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/theindiaprint.com-images-66-150×99.jpg 150w” sizes=”(max-width: 1335px) 100vw, 1335px” title=”John Isner will stop competing in tennis after the 2023 US Open 3″></p>
<p>The big-serving, 6-foot-10 (2.08-meter) American stated in a message on social media that featured a picture of Isner, his wife, and his four children, “This transition won’t be easy, but I’m looking forward to every minute of it with my amazing family,” “I’m looking forward to every second of it with my amazing family.”</p>
<p>The 38-year-old Isner remarked, “Time to lace ’em up one last time,” alluding to the year’s last major event, which starts on Monday in New York.</p>
<p>Isner has won 16 singles championships, an ATP Tour record of more over 14,000 aces, and a No. 8 lifetime ranking. He also has more than 14,000 aces in his career, which he struck just after reaching the Wimbledon semifinals. This includes 113, the record for a single match, in his victory against Nicolas Mahut in the 2010 All England Club first round, which lasted 11 hours, 5 minutes over the course of several days and concluded at 70-68 in the fifth set.</p>
<p>The wall outside Court 18, where the match was played, now has a plaque honoring it.</p>
<p>In 2010, Isner said, “Especially as the match went over, you know, 25-all, I wasn’t really thinking. “The only thing I was doing was hitting a serve and trying to hit a forehand winner.”</p>
<p>That encounter and Isner’s 26-24 defeat to Kevin Anderson in the fifth set of the Wimbledon semifinals eight years later served as major catalysts for the sport’s ultimate transition to tiebreakers being used in the deciding sets at all Grand Slam competitions.</p>
<p>He was up in North Carolina and, before becoming pro in 2007, played tennis at the University of Georgia, where he helped the Bulldogs capture the NCAA team tennis title.</p>
<p>Isner was the top-ranked American guy for years and received more than $22 million in prize money.</p>
<p>He’s only gone 8-13 in 2023, and this week, his ATP ranking slipped to No. 158.</p>
<p>At the first three Grand Slam events of this season, Isner lost in the first round each time. At Wimbledon last year, when he overcame Andy Murray on Centre Court, he advanced to the third round for the first time ever in a major tournament.</p>
<p>“It goes without saying that Andy Murray is a better tennis player than I am. I believe I performed somewhat better than he did today. Isner stated that day, “Playing him on this court, in front of this audience, was a great honor. “At my current age, I need to savor these occasions. One of my career’s greatest victories was this one.</p>
