"I was fishing on a boat" says Isner on himself at age 19 compared to Nakashima

Brandon Nakashima will play his 2nd ATP final at the Atlanta Open today and the 19-year old will look to improve on his final loss in Los Cabos last week. It was there that Nakashima and Isner played in the semifinal with the teenager winning. Now the stakes are high and Isner is the king of Atlanta so it will be interesting if he can do it again. On his opponent Isner said:

“I didn’t know much about [Nakashima] prior to last week. But he kicked my ass last week, so we’ll see what I can do tomorrow. He’s 19 years old, that’s crazy. I was fishing on a boat when I was 19, here he is in the final of an ATP event”.

Nakashima meanwhile overcame a loss of the first set against very solid Emil Ruusuvouri to advance to his 2nd ATP Finals. Not many teenagers were able to reach back to back finals and the young American said:

“He came out playing really well, and I got off to a slow start. But I just told myself to stick to my tactics out there, and I just served a lot better in the second and third sets. That really helped my ground game a lot. I’m definitely happy to get through this”.

Nakashima will need his serves if he hopes to take down Isner in Atlanta. The final starts at 23:00 CET.