ATLANTA — Top-seeded John Isner advanced to his fourth straight Atlanta Open semifinal by beating veteran James Blake 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5) on Friday. Isner will face seventh-seeded Lleyton Hewitt, the Australian who overcame a slow start to beat third seed Ivan Dodig 1-6, 6-3, 6-0. In the night quarterfinals, American Ryan Harrison beat Colombia's Santiago Giraldo 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (2), and second-seeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa faced Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin. The match between Blake and Isner was close in many statistical categories, but Isner extended his ATP Tour-leading tiebreaker record to 23-6 this season. Blake sank to 0-4. "A lot of times, I play my best tennis ...
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