Andy Roddick beat John Isner is known that one of the most difficult to deal with the ATP World Tour.
To have a chance to beat Isner and Roddick had to protect his personal service.
"I did what I had," said Roddick. "Do not beat John if they break a lot. I was able to struggle a bit of trouble in the beginning of the first set. I just had a good performance tonight."
Roddick, seeded No. 4, defeated for the first preclasificada Isner 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4 in the semifinals of the Open in Atlanta on Saturday night.
Roddick will play Gilles Muller of Luxembourg, who threw No. 8 Go Soeda of Japan 6-4, 6-3, for his 32 ATP World Tour title Sunday.
A win against Muller was awarded the title of his tour and 32 seconds in his last three events Roddick.
Isner tried to make the case for the second consecutive for the first time in his career seven years but fell short in Atlanta for the third consecutive year. Mardy Fish has lost the last two end in Atlanta.
"It's pretty disappointing," said Isner. "(Roddick and Fish are), my good friends. It's hard. I've always wanted to win this tournament, but that simply was not. There really is no shame in losing to one of those guys. That's for sure."
Roddick, who won nine of their last 10 games, combined with Isner as the partner of the United States doubled in the Olympic Games begin the week at Wimbledon.
The first game was delayed 44 minutes after Isner took a 3-2 advantage. When play resumed, Roddick has won four of their next five games and won the set as Isner has struggled with his accuracy straight.
Despite finishing the match with 26 aces and won 81 percent of his first service points, Isner was out of sync with your return. It is a brand that has stuck with Isner during his career seven years.
The 6-foot-9 Isner has found his best service game, 140 kilometers per hour, at the end of the third, but his legs seemed slower game as they progressed up and down, and kept falling in the His forehand wide or network.
"It was pretty obvious to see," said Isner. "I lost a lot of flies. Moreover, in all my games of this tournament, I lost a lot of flies. For me, playing and doing well in the tournament, you need the shot. In was not really there for me. "
The loss of a second set the decisive game was hard for Roddick, but he knew it would be difficult to win a third.
This is often an important part of Isner's strategy to enter a game and decisive break an opponent that uses a set or a game.
But Roddick avoid the aggravation, Isner break in game 10 of the third set to close the game.
"(Against), most people in a switch, you can recover the loss of a service point," said Roddick. "Against him, that is not necessarily the case. I'm not sure he lost a ball on a return to service in the decisive game and still lost. With his line and the weapon that has a lot of times it is out of control.
Muller played for his first title.
At 6-foot-4, Muller scored 17 aces to two Soeda and ended the match in 1 hour, 13 minutes. Muller has a 0-2 mark at the end of the race and the last time he played the title in 2005.
Muller advanced to the quarterfinals on Thursday when the fish had to retire with a sprained right ankle. Fish, who was trying to win his third consecutive title in Atlanta, took the game when he retired the second set.
Against Soeda, Müller has followed his usual plan for success. He had 17 aces, won 94 percent of his first services. Among caregivers, Muller tied for second with 79 percent of points won on first serve.
"I know that if I put a high percentage of my first service, I'm getting a lot of free points," said Muller. "I served very well at the beginning of the week, but yesterday and today was very good."
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