ATLANTA— Top-seeded John Isner saved two match points then dominated the closing tie-breaker to beat Kevin Anderson 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/2) Sunday to win the ATP Atlanta Open. In a match billed as the tallest final in the history of the ATP Tour, the 2.06-meter Isner fired 24 aces to the 21 of the 2.03m Anderson and saved all 11 break points he faced. That included two match points for South Africa's second-seeded Anderson in the 12th game of the third set, when Isner fended off one with a 143-mph service winner and survived another when Anderson nudged a backhand long. Having held serve to knot the set at 6-6, Isner didn't give Anders...
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