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NEWPORT, R.I. -- Two-time defending champ John Isner defeated fellow American Ryan Harrison 7-6 (0), 6-2 on Monday in the opening round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. The 6-foot-9 Isner rode his big serve to win his 11th straight match on Newports grass courts. He was not broken in the match that lasted 1 hour, 20 minutes, taking control by blanking Harrison in the tiebreaker. Isner, seeded second, broke in the third and seventh games of the second set before Harrison hit a backhand return long on the matchs final point. The 28-year old Isner showed no effects from a left knee injury that forced him to retire from his second-round match at Wimbledon. In winning the 2012 title in Newport, Isner held serve in 57 of the 58 games he played. It was a similar formula on Monday. "Just getting the first one out of the way is critical for me," he said. "I was happy how I played in the second set, took care of my serve well. I felt like I was in a lot of his service games, especially in that second set." When it was over, Isner let out a loud "Yes!" as Harrisons shot sailed long under sun-drenched skies with temperatures in the low 80s with a slight breeze. "I remember last year in my first round here, I won 6-4 in the third," said Isner, ranked 19th overall entering the week. " Its always a tough match. Playing Ryan, I beat him here in the semifinals last year. Hes a good grass-court player and hes a friend of mine. But hes someone I dont want to lose to. Its important to win those matches like that. Im one of the top ranked Americans and I want to continue to stay way for as long as I can, and beating guys like Ryan helps." Top seed Sam Querrey is slated to face fellow-American Tim Smyczek is his first-round match on Tuesday. In the most interesting match of the day, Polands Michal Przysiezny beat 15-year old American Stefan Kozlov, who was making his ATP debut, 6-3, 6-7 (9), 6-4 in a match that lasted nearly 2 1/2 hours. Kozlov, who lives in the Miami-area, broke to go up 4-3 in the third before calling for the trainer, who worked on his right hip. "I slipped in the first set on my hip and it kind of got progressively worse," Kozlov said. The match ended with the youngster limping before falling to the ground as he made his way to the net. He sat in his chair for a while with a towel over his head before slowly walking off the court. "I was hanging in there and started cramping," he said. "Its kind of tough to play when youre cramping. Now I know I could actually win. I couldnt believe I could win a set." The tournament is held in conjunction with induction ceremonies into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Martina Hingis leads the 2013 class that will be enshrined on Saturday before the semifinals. 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Argentina winger Ezequiel Lavezzi and France midfielder Blaise Matuidi scored, with star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic setting up both despite having a poor game by his high standards. Forward Eduardo gave Ajaccio the lead in the sixth minute after being set up by right winger Benjamin Andre, and the Corsican side looked comfortable in the first half, with the lively Johan Cavalli causing problems with his probing runs from midfield.FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- The Atlanta Falcons can afford to be patient with Julio Jones return from a sprained toe.After all, theres no need to rush Jones recovery after Atlanta topped 40 points in two straight lopsided wins without the star wide receiver.These are heady times for the Falcons offense, which already has obliterated the teams single-season scoring record with two games remaining in the regular season. The Falcons play at Carolina on Saturday.Atlanta is the NFLs top-scoring team, and the race isnt even close. The Falcons (9-5) have 469 points, 63 more than the second-place Saints 406.Atlantas players arent saying much about the scoring record. Theyre focused on the more important race the for the NFC South title. Atlanta is one game ahead of Tampa Bay in the division.If we have to score three points or we have to score a lot of points, we just want to do our part in winning, right guard Chris Chester said Tuesday.Jones watched from the sideline as the Falcons beat San Francisco 41-13 on Sunday to shatter the mark of 442 points set by the 1998 Super Bowl team. He also missed the previous weeks 42-14 win at the Rams.The Falcons success has placed quarterback Matt Ryan in the MVP discussion. He has 32 touchdowns passes with only seven interceptions.For me, hes my MVP, running back Devonta Freeman said Tuesday.Ryan has consistently distributed his passes to a large number of targets. Depth at receiver helped keep the offense moving even without Jones.Aldrick Robinson led the team with a personal-best 111 yards receiving on four catches against the 49ers.ddddddddddddTaylor Gabriel added three catches for 60 yards, including his team-leading sixth touchdown reception.It shows the depth that we have by having each others back, said receiver Justin Hardy. If one guy goes down, another guy steps in and we dont miss a beat. It says a lot about the team and the character we have.The Falcons also have good depth at running back with Freeman, who ran for three touchdowns against the 49ers, and Tevin Coleman sharing the carries.I think definitely this year it has been fun to see so many people step up and make big plays and thats been a really exciting part of our offense, said center Alex Mack. Its not just one guy having a great season. Its a lot of guys doing a lot of good things all over the field a lot of times.Jones ran routes at the start of practice on Tuesday and is expected to give the toe a full-speed test on Wednesday.Game notesThe team signed S Dashon Goldson for the second time this season. Goldson, 32, was a 2012 All-Pro with the 49ers who had 110 tackles in 15 starts with the Redskins in 2015. Goldson recorded only one special teams tackle in seven games with Atlanta at the start of the season. ... On Monday, WR J.D. McKissic was waived and WR B.J. Daniels was signed to the practice squad.---For more NFL coverage: AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '