By Chris Oddo | Thursday, April 10, 2014
Dustin Brown's impressive highlight reel continues to grow. After last night's victory over John Isner, so does his popularity.
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Dustin Brown made big noise last night at the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston when he recorded his first top ten victory in taking out John Isner, 6-4, 6-7(7), 7-6(4) in a thrilling, serve-centric battle.
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Sadly, in our search for highlights of the encounter on YouTube, we came up empty. But we did find this wicked awesome tweener lob that Brown hit during the quarterfinals of last month's Guadalajara Challenger against Gilles Muller. Not a bad consolation prize, right?
Brown appears to be preternaturally gifted with the ability to knock off superhuman winners that send fans into fits of frenzy. If you want more Dustin Brown, SI.com's Courtney Nguyen has put together a nice post of the best of Dustin Brown just this morning. Stay tuned for more from Houston, as Brown will face Sam Querrey on Friday with a spot in his first ever semifinal on the line.
So, tennis fans, what did you think? Is Brown's tweener on par with this one from the mighty Federer?