Tennis Tennis Top seed Isner reaches Newport quarters, Mannarino and Thompson depart John Isner outlasted Polish opponent Kamil Majchrzak 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 to book a spot in the last eight at Newport. Sacha Pisani 18 July, 2019 10:23 IST Big-serving American John Isner - Getty Images Sacha Pisani 18 July, 2019 10:23 IST John Isner started his pursuit of a fourth Hall of Fame Tennis Championships title with a three-set win over Kamil Majchrzak in the last 16.Top seed Isner reached the quarter-finals after outlasting his Polish opponent 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 on the grass at Newport on Wednesday.Winner of the ATP 250 tournament in 2011, 2012 and 2017, Isner hit 25 aces and saved all five break points he faced.READ : Defending champion Johnson stunned; Ramkumar through"It wasn't easy, I played a long match, two hours and eight minutes. The conditions were brutal. It's windy and like 90 per cent humidity, so it was tough conditions out there," Isner said. "But I'm happy to claw through there because it wasn't pretty at times, that's for sure." The chase for a fourth at the #HallofFameOpen has begun for @JohnIsner @TennisHalloFame | #ATP— ATP Tour (@ATP_Tour) July 18, 2019 Next up for Isner is Matthew Ebden in a rematch of the 2017 final after the Australian defeated Denis Kudla 6-2 6-2.While Isner progressed, seeds Adrian Mannarino and Jordan Thompson exited in the round of 16.RELATED : ATP Tour: Top seeds sent packing in Bastad, Mayer fights to victoryFrench second seed Mannarino was beaten by Tennys Sandgren 6-4 6-1, while third seed Thompson lost 6-2 7-6 (8-6) to Marcel Granollers.It was not all bad news for the seeds as Ugo Humbert (fourth) and Alexander Bublik (seventh) advanced at the expense of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Viktor Troicki respectively.Elsewhere, Mischa Zverev saw off Guido Andreozzi 6-4 6-4 and Christopher Eubanks lost 6-4 6-3 against Ilya Ivashka. Subscribe to our daily newsletter Get your daily dose of Sportstar with handpicked stories delivered right to your inbox! SUBSCRIBE Please enter a valid email address. Dugout videos