John Isner gets wild card spot in U.S. Open 2007

22 year old Washington open finalist John Isner has earned his wildcard spot in U.S. Open 2007 on Wednesday. Reuters reports:

The 6-foot-9 (2.06 metres), 22-year-old American shot up to 192 from 416 in the rankings after reaching the final of the $600,000 Washington tournament 10 days ago where he lost to world number four Andy Roddick 6-4 7-6.

On the way to the final in just his second ATP event, the unseeded Isner stunned Britain's Tim Henman, Germans Benjamin Becker and Tommy Haas and Gael Monfils of France.

Other players who received the wild card spot to play in US Open are: Alex Kuznetsov, Jesse Levine, Wayne Odesnik, Ryan Sweeting and Alun Jones from Australia. The male and female winners of U.S.Open Singles will won $1.4 million in prize money.

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