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NEWPORT, R.I. -- John Isner is glad he gave Newports grass courts another chance. Now he can look back and joke about how he disliked playing on them. The two-time defending champ is making another Newport run, advancing to the quarterfinal round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships on Wednesday by beating Adrian Mannarino of France 6-0, 7-6 (7). "Its funny, because when I was first professional, I played here a few times and didnt like it too much," he said, smiling. "I remember one year I didnt play because I didnt want to come. Two years ago, I took a wild card here, and everything changed. "Its very special to me. It turned my season around that year and has gotten my summer off to a great start. I love it here. Its one of the reasons I enjoy coming here because I like it so much." The 6-foot-9 Isner served 13 aces in the match that lasted just 59 minutes. The 28-year old Isner rode his big serve in winning his 12th straight match in Newport, improving his record to 11-0 in tiebreakers during the run. "On a surface like this, the way I play, its not uncommon for me to play a few tiebreakers," said Isner, ranked 19th in the world coming into the week. "Its probably one of the reasons Im 12-0 in my last 12 matches here. If you dont lose a tiebreaker it helps. I feel like it gives me a little bit of an advantage." The No. 2 seeded Isner needed only 15 minutes to win the opening set, and served four aces in the second-set tiebreak. He closed it out when Mannarino hit a forehand wide off a 131 mph serve. That came one point after Mannarino double-faulted. Isner knew the match was then in his control. "I can imagine what kind of goes through their head," he said. "If they just slip up a little bit when it comes down to a tiebreaker, one point and the set is over. Theyve got to play solid to win a tiebreaker against me. Today was no different. He made a few mistakes, double-faulted at 7-all and thats all it took." It was a Wimbledon rematch for the pair. Isner retired in the third game of the previous match last month after injuring his left knee. In other second-round play, No. 4 seed Lleyton Hewitt, a runner-up last year in Newport, needed just over an hour to defeat wild-card entrant Prakash Amritraj of India 6-2, 6-1. The 32-year old Hewitt was one of five players in their 30s to reach the quarters, the most in the 37-year history of the tournament. "I felt comfortable," he said of returning along with his wife and three small children, who were there to greet him in the players area. "I knew what I was coming to. The practice courts even play different out back than the two or three centre courts out there. I didnt even know that last year. This year I expected it." In other action, third-seeded Igor Sijsling of The Netherlands beat Yuichi Sugita of Japan 6-4, 1-6, 6-3; Michal Przysiezny of Poland ousted No. 8 seed Rajeev Ram of the United States 2-6, 7-5, 6-3; Michael Russell defeated fellow American Alex Kuznetsov 6-3, 6-4. Ivo Karlovic of Croatia beat Canadian Vasek Pospisil 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, and qualifier Jan Hernych of the Czech Republic edged American Jack Sock 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. In the last match of the day, 31-year old Nicolas Mahut of France beat American Tim Smyczek, who upset top-seeded Sam Querrey on Tuesday, 6-2, 6-4. Mahut was the Newport runner-up in 2007. Adidas Eqt Deutschland . Wall made the comment in a speech to a Regina business crowd that included Lesnar. The U.S. wrestler and retired mixed martial artist says he was visiting his brothers farm in Saskatchewan and decided he wanted to hear what the premier had to say. Adidas Nmd Damen Deutschland . 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This year he needed an at-large pick from good friend Darren Clarke, the European captain, to make the team.And given all the changes made by the Americans leading up to the 41st Ryder Cup, Westwood says the pressure will be clearly on the opposition when matches begin Friday morning at Hazeltine National.We take a lot of pride in that, that the USA are taking it so seriously to bring this task force together and bring Davis [Love III] in as captain again, Westwood said. We take a lot of pride in that. Gives us a lot of confidence and puts added pressure on them.You form a task force and it doesnt go right this week, where do you go from there? Youve done pretty much all you can do. So well see how that goes.The U.S. formed a Ryder Cup task force in the aftermath of a third straight defeat two years ago at Gleneagles in Scotland. It was the Americans sixth loss in the past seven Ryder Cups, and their eighth in the past 10.The idea was to get the players more involved, tweak the points formula, and put forth a system of continuity that can be built on for future Ryder Cups in terms of assistants and captains.The task force was disbanded when Love was named captain in February 2015. It has been repllaced by a committee consisting of Love, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and three PGA of America executives, with the idea of having a system in place for the future.ddddddddddddIts very much like the model the Europeans have done, with tremendous success, in bringing out their best golf, and I give them a lot of credit in their ability to lift each other up to great heights, Mickelson said of the U.S. changes. To play some of their best golf together in these events, and when you get together as a team and work together, you can achieve much greater success than you ever can as an individual. And weve seen that for decades from the European side.Mickelson and J.B. Holmes are the only members of the U.S. side this year to have played on a winning Ryder Cup team. Westwood is among six European players who have been on a winning team, although the squad is filled out by six Ryder Cup rookies.It fills us with a lot of confidence, Westwood said. A lot of the players on the European side have had multiple experiences of winning Ryder Cups. And on the other side of that, on the U.S. team, a lot of their players have had multiple experiences of losing Ryder Cups. Winning is a habit, and a lot of the players on the European team have that habit and know what the experience is like and what to do. ' ' '