Over His Head
Here's John Isner's interview with the media after his win over Arnaud Clement:

Sur le tenis
Isner gives Clement praise in the above interview and says Clement's occasional gamesmanship still leaves the Frenchman a great sportsman. We wonder if Isner's answer would have been the same if he understood French. In the last game of his loss to the 6'9'' American, Clement delivered a running speech. Although PTN was on the other side of the court and our French is far less than perfect, we gather Clement was suggesting that he, Clement, is pretty good at tennis, while Isner, well, he's got that 13-inch height advantage to help him win the match. As Isner responded by holding with booming serves, Clement gave up the quest to educate the crowd and warmly congratulated the top seed on his win.

A Long Time Coming
Haas' opponent, Michael Yani, is no young up-and-comer. The Singapore-born 30-year-old turned professional in 2003, after a successful collegiate career at Duke University. But while he has qualified for three Grand Slam tournaments, and has been ranked as high as 143 in the world, Yani had yet to win a singles match on the ATP Tour until this week. However, on Tuesday, the qualifier defeated Israel's Dudi Sela in the First Round, and Haas' retirement Wednesday insured him his second ATP victory. On Friday, Yani will meet Denis Kudla, a man with 50% more (that's three in total) Tour wins.

The Long Goodbye
Driving away from the tournament grounds after a long day, PTN spotted Kudla in front of the public entrance to the International Hall of Fame, still signing autographs and taking photos with fans. Kudla defeated the tournament's second seed, Grigor Dimitrov, in the last singles match of the day, coming through on his claim Tuesday that he "came here to win the tournament."

For more photos from Wednesday, click HERE