John Isner: Playing Roger Federer is a very big moment
John Isner previewed the upcoming final against Roger Federer at the Miami Open. After his win over Felix Auger-Aliassime, the American player said: "That would be awesome for me. Any time you play against him would be, in a big stage, a tournament like this would be amazing. I played him in the finals of Indian Wells about seven years ago, I think. He beat me there. It would be really cool to play against him. I'm not rooting for anyone tonight. It's going to be tough either way. But certainly playing Roger would be a very big moment."
Isner also commented on the Miami Open taking place at the Hard Rock Stadium for the first time: "There is something to be said about having success at a tournament. I mean, look, I have played Atlanta a bunch. I have won that tournament a bunch. I'm just very comfortable there. Here, it's a little bit different because it's a different venue. It's a completely different feel from last year, obviously. But as you said, knowing that I won this event last year, I really took the approach coming into this year that there is zero pressure at all to defend this title. And I said in the press before the tournament that chances are I'm not going to defend it, because I have only won one of these in my whole career, and I have probably played a hundred of them. But now I'm one match away, so hopefully, I can eat those words. I have been doing it so far. And as for the tiebreak situation, I mean, of course, I have been in that moment a lot throughout my career. It's not so much energy -- I mean, I try hard throughout the whole match. I'm not really saving myself for the tiebreaker. I'm trying not to win sets in a tiebreaker. Today was a little bit different way of getting there with my opponent serving for each set. But once I got each set back on serve today, I felt very confident that if it continued on into a tiebreaker, that I would have a chance to win."
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