Three Americans In Today's ATC Semifinals

The final four are set at the 2011 Atlanta Tennis Championships and Americans are making a statement at the Racquet Club of the South.

Three of the four semifinalists are from the USA. Todays’s matches feature 6’9” American John Isner against Gilles Muller of Luxembourg, and defending champion and World No. 9 Mardy Fish against 19-year-old Ryan Harrison. This is the first time all year that three Americans have reached the semifinals of an ATP World Tour event.

The night match is an All-American affair featuring No. 1 seed Mardy Fish against the up-and-coming Harrison.

Last night Harrison fought off a match point at 5-6, 30-40, against Rajeev Ram, and then pulled off the victory in a third set tiebreak. With his win Friday, Harrison will crack the top 100 of the ATP World Tour rankings for the first time in his young career when the rankings are released on Monday. He will be one of only two teenagers in that elite field.

Both matches will be televised, with Isner vs. Muller at 1 p.m. on ESPN2, and Fish vs. Harrison at 7 p.m. on Tennis Channel.

Editor's note: Ron Cioffi USTA Southern Director of Communications, provided the information for this report

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