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WIMBLEDON -- Maybe its because hes so been there and done that at the All England Club. Or maybe?John Isner simply has a bottomless reservoir of patience. Another possibility: Since hes 6-foot-10, maybe length, in general, simply doesnt bother him.As rain pushed his first-round match, scheduled for Tuesday, into Wednesday and then into Thursday, his opponent, Marcos Baghdatis, was often churlish and argumentative with chair umpire Mohamed Lahyani. Isner, the American ace machine, merely went about his business.He eventually dispatched Baghdatis 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5), 6-3.Compared to the 2010 epic with Nicolas Mahut that also ran across a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday -- the fifth-set score was 70-68 -- this one was over in a relative flash. Isner, and even Lahyani, who called that memorable match, both looked as fresh a dish of strawberries and cream.Small wonder. This weeks match required 148 fewer games and 528 fewer minutes than the one in 2010.Whats wrong with American tennis? On Thursday at Wimbledon, absolutely nothing. With the rain holding off for a change, the floodgates opened for American players, who went 10-4.Swiftly joining Isner in the second round after completing suspended first-round matches were No. 18 Sloane Stephens and Donald Young, a Wimbledon junior champion nine years ago, who beat Leonardo Mayer 6-4, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.Americans into the third round: No. 28 Sam Querrey, a 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 winner over Thomaz Bellucci, and No. 9 seed Madison Keys, who outlasted Kirsten Flipkens 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.No. 8 Venus Williams defeated Maria Sakkari 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, No. 27 Jack Sock handled Robin Haase 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-4, Steve Johnson took down Jeremy Chardy 6-1, 7-6 (6), 6-3 and qualifier Julia Boserup stunned No. 7 seed Belinda Bencic, who retired trailing 6-4 1-0.Afterward, Isner said his match reminded him more of this years French Open than the 2010 marathon.I was supposed to play on Sunday and I finished on Tuesday, he said in his postmatch press conference. Its not a great feeling when youre going out there and playing, finishing your first round when some guys are already in the third round. But just the long days in the locker room, the last two days were just brutal.You can only play so much putt-putt in the locker room with your friends and whatnot.Isner produced Isner-like numbers, stroking 33 aces; moreover, 57 of his 91 serves (63 percent) were unreturnable and he was unbroken in 15 service games. He also had 56 winners and only 32 unforced errors.Hes now won all seven of his matches against Baghdatis, who was a semifinalist here a decade ago. Isner, also 31 years old, extended his record at Wimbledon to 8-7. Its a surprisingly mediocre mark on grass for a player with his kind of firepower. This is the only Slam where Isner hasnt reached the fourth round.His booming serve, of course, works better on the slick grass.I mean, if I hit my spots on my serve, a lot of times its night-night, Isner explained. If I go T and I hit T, the balls going to shoot through the court. On the flip side of that, the ball stays low and skips through.Ive got to be very, very diligent about staying low and keeping my big frame down low. The more time I have, generally, the better. If I play the right way and do that at a consistent level, then grass can definitely be very, very good for me.In keeping with the theme of length, Isners second-round opponent, qualifier Matthew Barton of Australia, played a 4-hour, 3-minute match that ended 14-12 in the fifth. What secrets of recovery would the vastly more experienced Isner share with Barton?Im not going to say anything about that, Isner said, smiling mischievously. Im kidding. Thats a joke.I think in his match they probably werent many long points. It went a three-day match like mine, sort of. Its not like he played all five sets today or whatnot. I dont expect him to be laboring any tomorrow. 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Varlamov made 33 saves and Ryan OReilly had a goal and scored in the shootout as the Avalanche beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Thursday night.MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Coming into the season, one of the bigger questions for Kansas State was how senior Wesley Iwundu would fare with some adjustments to his jump shot over the summer.The answer appears to be so far so good.Iwundu hit 3 of 3 from 3-point range and scored a season-high 23 points, Barry Brown added 16 on 7-of-12 shooting and Kansas State beat Hampton 89-67 on Sunday night.Xavier Sneed scored 15 and Kamau Stokes had 13 points for Kansas State. Sneed and Stokes made three 3-pointers apiece as the Wildcats hit 12 of 23 from behind the arc.At the beginning of the game, both of us were going back and forth Kansas State coach Bruce Weber said. Im looking at the score and we got four threes, they got three threes. As Ive said all along, were a better three point shooting team. The main thing is getting good ones.Stokes made a 3 to break a 10-all tie and spark a 13-0 run and Kansas State (3-0) took a 46-36 lead into halftime. The Wildcats led by double figures throughout the second half and scored 13-straight points to open their biggest lead, 75-49, with 7:23 remaining.Jermaine Marrow and led Hampton (1-2) with 15 points. Lawrence Cooks hit three 3-pointers and scored 10.Kansas State made 28 of 448 (58 percent) from the field and hit 21 of 38 foul shots.dddddddddddd The Pirates were 5 of 10 from the free-throw line.STAT OF THE NIGHT: With the win vs. Hampton, Bruce Weber moved past Lon Kruger on K-States career wins list. Weber is now 82-54 in five seasons at Kansas State.INJURY: Dante Williams returned to the Kansas State lineup on Sunday night after being under the concussion protocol and missing the first two games of the season.BIG PICTUREHampton: The game against Kansas State is their only game against a team from a major conference in the 2016-17 season.Kansas State: Barry Browns 16 points mark the third straight game where the sophomore has scored in double figures. Brown added four assists and three rebounds.UP NEXTHampton: The Pirates remain on the road for the second game in the Barclays Center Classic. On Tuesday night they will travel to Virginia to face the Richmond SpidersKansas State: The Wildcats will be in action on Tuesday night as they welcome Robert Morris to Manhattan before traveling to Brooklyn for the semifinals of the Barclays Center Classic. ' ' '