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Tsitsipas fights back to beat Isner at French Open

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Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas (PA/Supplied)
Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas (PA/Supplied)
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Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas recovered from a set down to beat John Isner and reach the French Open last 16 on Friday.

Tsitsipas, a semi-finalist in 2020, won 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 6-1 and will face Spanish 12th seed Pablo Carreno-Busta for a place in the quarter-finals.

Isner was the fourth American man to lose Friday after Steve Johnson, Reilly Opelka and Marcos Giron.

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