John Isner Opens Up About His Life Post-Retirement

| by Evita Mueller

John Isner is no longer an active player, and while the decision to retire was hard, he's not regretting it two months into his retirement.

John Isner spent many years on the ATP Tour and, up until recently, was pretty competitive in the sport. Having a huge advantage in his serve allowed him to prolong his career for a bit, but eventually, age did catch up with him, and he elected to retire.

The American retired at his home slam in New York, closing a substantial chapter of his life. It doesn't mean he's forever away from tennis, as he'll remain near the sport in one capacity or another, but his playing days are over, and it's bittersweet.

He hasn't been retired long, and his career still feels fresh. Even things that happened a decade ago seem like yesterday, especially the Wimbledon match that made him world-famous.

The one match everyone talks about in 2010, I will never, ever forget that match, even though I might want to. 11 hours and 5 minutes in 2010. I don’t want to call it a fond memory because it wasn't that much fun playing in that match. It was just a war of attrition out there. But being a part of it, looking back on it was very cool.

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While that match might be what many remember, he's had other big moments in his career. Numerous trophies and fond memories created with his family are among them. He took his family a couple of times with him and it was always a blast.

I think the older two will remember. We've made some incredible memories with everyone. You know, this year we went to Australia with the whole family. The whole crew also went to London and then last year we did Madrid, Rome, Majorca and Paris with the whole family.

It's going to come full circle with me. I mean, having the family that I have now, I know that's going to be me, who knows what my kids get into sports-wise.

Life in retirement isn't so bad, either. He's enjoying being a full-time dad and everything that goes into that. Being involved in tennis meant that he was away from the family quite often, as so much of his time went into tennis, but not anymore. Now his priorities shifted.

Definitely as it stands right now, I have more time than most dads. So I am taking them to school, taking them to practice, taking them to their games.

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