Isners Welcome Baby Daughter
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It’s a girl!John Isner and wife Madison Isner welcomed their first child, baby daughter Hunter Grace Isner, to the world. Federer: Djokovic Not Peaking…YetThe beautiful baby girl weighed 8 pounds, one ounce at birth with her proud dad proclaiming “this kid is going to have a lot of love, that’s for sure.”Mom Madison is doing “amazing” said Isner, who shared the happy news and baby photos with this Instagram post.
Isner, who wed long-time fiancé Madison McKinley on December 2nd, says marriage has given him greater life perspective that’s translated to less tennis stress.“It’s definitely settled me down,” Isner said of marriage. “I think it’s made me worry less about tennis. Because a lot of times it’s consumed me the last six, seven, eight years because it was the most important thing I had going. But now, it’s not.”The Miami Open champion says personal joy has given him more positive perspective on court.“I think it definitely takes some pressure off of me in a sense,” Isner told the media at the Citi Open earlier this summer. “My most important thing is now starting a family and raising a very, nice polite daughter with my wife. That’s number one on my list.“Tennis is really just secondary. Of course, I want to do this really well. It’s super important to me. But there are some more important things going on in my life and I think that’s helped my tennis game, for sure.”The Isners are living in Dallas near her family.“Our life is in Dallas now. That’s where I live,” Isner said. “We’re going to have a lot of help, which helps, because my in-laws, her parents are amazing. Her family is amazing. And then my family I think is awesome, as well. So this kid is going to have a lot of love. That’s for sure.”Photo credit: John Isner Instagram ]]>
Chris Oddo. Chris Oddo is a freelance sportswriter, podcaster, blogger and social media marker who is a lead contributor to Tennisnow.com. He also writes for USOpen.org, Rolandgarros.com, BNPParibasOpen.com, TennisTV.com, WTAtennis.com and the official US Open program.
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