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Isner has hands full with world's No. 585

John Isner, shown during play at the 2009 U.S. Open, was pushed to a third-set tiebreaker by the No. 585th ranked player in the world before winning Monday at a tournament in Bangkok. UPI /Monika Graff.
John Isner, shown during play at the 2009 U.S. Open, was pushed to a third-set tiebreaker by the No. 585th ranked player in the world before winning Monday at a tournament in Bangkok. UPI /Monika Graff. | License Photo

BANGKOK, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- John Isner blasted 21 aces en route to a first-round win Monday at the $608,500 Thailand Open tennis tournament in Bangkok.

Isner, seeded eighth and ranked 41st, used the big serves to get past wild-card entrant Kittipong Wachiramanowong in the hard-court tournament 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5). The match was even -- both players won 97 points -- but Isner sneaked through with the tiebreaker win.

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Wachiramanowong entered the match ranked No. 585 and was 0-6 on the year in ATP matches.

In the only other main-draw match Monday, Thomaz Bellucci defeated Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-4, 7-6 (9-7).

The top seed in Bangkok this week is Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who is also the tournament's defending champion.

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