Sorry I'm too late, there were a few on streamhunter.eu/tennis-live-streaming-video.html
He played well, nothing too exceptional, John was off.
I like that he is at least trying to be more aggressive, very consistent serving, also returned well for whatever he was able to get his hands on. I don't see major improvements from the off-season in his game like Dimitrov's, but he is playing better than last week, that's something.
Last year’s title match featured Jarkko Nieminen and Julien Benneteau–both unseeded–and an exodus of seeds is taking place during the 2013 installment. It gained steam on Wednesday afternoon when John Isner fell to Ryan Harrison 6-4, 6-4.
Harrison took control of this all-American battle late in the first set, but not before he fought off break points in two consecutive service games. The 20-year-old seized a crucial break at 4-4 and promptly served out the proceedings in lightning-quick fashion.
Isner, who was hampered by a knee issue at last week’s Hopman Cup, became increasingly disgruntled with the new time rule in addition to his own game and he never came close to getting back on track in set two. The No. 1 seed dropped serve right away via a wild forehand and from there it was all but over. Harrison, who dropped only three points in the second set, held the rest of the way and finished off his countryman in one hour and 14 minutes.
The world No. 68 withstood 10 Isner aces and finished with three of his own, the last of which came on his second match point.
Next up for the world No. 68 is a quarterfinal clash against Julien Benneteau, who finished runner-up last year to Jarkko Nieminen.
Ryan played much better than last week, quite aggressive and stayed cool. I still remember last year in Newport Ryan could barely return John's serve!
Not a breakthrough but a solid win.
4-6 2-6. Horrendous play from Ryan. Forehand was horrible so many pathetic errors, backhand was pretty bad too, serve was okay but nothing special and his attitude wasn't great either. Horrible match overall, I don't know about this season.
Benny is a terrible match-up for him. Ryan was not playing good tennis but still better than the match he played against Robredo.
I would like to see a stat of how many times in the past 2 years has he started out the match losing serve. He is such a slow starter it's not even funny anymore.
He was once the "intelligent player", but now and days his shot selection is just cringe-worthy. Also, his groundstrokes are still very underwhelming for a player of his ranking level. He is lost, he needs a REAL coach, he needs REAL help.
Typical Harrison - mental checkout! The only reason he beat Isner was because if his ailing knee. Harrison is far too inconsistent to ever be a top 30 player. Here comes another disappointing season for him.
Well there aren't a lot of players in the main draw he won't have problems playing against. Be grateful he isn't playing a seeded player in the first round.
well, for me, the fact that he could keep being cool and collect himself after the disastrous 1st set was a progress (at least mentally).
I almost gave up watching this game after the 1st set...
At least he will pick up plus ATP points as he had none to defend. Anyone have any photos of him from Australia either match or practice? This board is lacking recent photos of him.
Is this why they broke up? No reason was ever given concerning their separation. What about his academy in Texas? Sad for his longtime students like Harrison Adams
Many more former players have been hired as coaches, among many more coaches hired, full stop. Grant Doyle is among the latest batch, returning from a successful career in the US to work with former junior Wimbledon champion Luke Saville and runner-up Ben Mitchell in Melbourne. Australian No. 2 Marinko Matosevic has been particularly vocal in his endorsement of the benefits of working with someone who has been there before.
SO after Davis Cup, which tournament is next for Harrison? Del Ray?
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