Novak Djokovic vs. John Isner: Score and Recap from Miami Open 2015

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Published: April 4, 2015

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The world's best athletes step up their games when championships are within sight. That is exactly what No. 1 Novak Djokovic did Friday in his straight-sets victory over John Isner in the Miami Open semifinals.

Djokovic handled the challenger to the tune of 7-6(3), 6-2 and got stronger as the match progressed.

He finished with nine aces and won 80 percent of his first-service points and 72 percent of his second-service points, but it was his ability to break Isner's typically overpowering serve multiple times in the second set that proved to be the ultimate difference.

In fact, Djokovic won an incredible 70 percent of Isner's second-service points and was able to take advantage of those opportunities as they presented themselves.

It was an overwhelming display of dominance from the top player on the ATP Tour. Christy Chirinos of the Sun Sentinel noted just how efficient the performance was:



However, things did not go that easily for the world's No. 1 player in the first set, as Isner forced a tiebreaker with his formidable serve.

In fact, the entire set stayed on serve up to the tiebreaker, which was a testament to Isner's ability to stay in matches with his powerful approach.

The Miami Open acknowledged that Isner was doing a nice job of overcoming some early mistakes:



Things took a turn for the worse for Isner in the actual tiebreaker, though, as Djokovic displayed his athleticism and took advantage of some of Isner's mistakes. The Miami Open and Sports Illustrated Tennis commented on the result:



Djokovic certainly expected a challenge like the one he received in the tiebreaker Friday coming into the match, considering that Isner knocked off No. 4-seeded Kei Nishikori and No. 6-seeded Milos Raonic to get to the semifinal, per ATPWorldTour.com:

Coming into tomorrow's match, I think h...
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