ATLANTA -- Top-seeded John Isner avoided an upset in his Atlanta Open title defence Thursday night, rallying for a 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 victory over wild-card entry Robby Ginepri in the second round. Jim Umbricht Jersey . Trailing 5-4 in the third set, the 12th-ranked Isner fought off two match points and evened it at 5-5 with consecutive aces. The former University of Georgia star had his only service break of the match to go up 6-5 before firing the last four of his 30 aces to close out Ginepri, an Atlanta resident ranked 281st. Isners history of tight early matches in Atlanta continued. He began the match with 24 unforced errors in the first set to Ginepris six. "This is the fifth year of this tournament, and three times 7-5 in the third," he said. "Its not easy coming in and playing your first match on a hard court in a while. I honestly didnt want to play Robby because hes a good friend, and I knew one of us was going to lose." Earlier, Thiemo De Bakker pulled off the upset that Ginepri could not when the Dutch qualifier beat second-seeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa 6-4, 7-5 in match delayed 2 hours, 15 minutes by rain to advance to the quarterfinals. De Bakker retired from his final qualifying match because of a sore neck yet made the field as one of three "Lucky Losers" following the late withdrawals of Gaels Monfils, Richard Gasquet and Radek Stepanek. Ben Becker of Germany added an upset win, topping seventh-seeded Yen-hsun Lu of Taiwan 6-4, 6-3, and eighth seed Marinko Matosevic of Australia beat American Tim Smyczek 6-4, 7-5. Isner staved off a bigger upset bid than Anderson faced. He needed a second-set tiebreaker win to outlast Ginepri, a 31-year-old whose only ATP or Grand Slam win of the year in five prior matches came when he beat Sergiy Stakhovsky 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-0 in the first round. Last week, Ginepri lost a first round match in Challenger event. 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Tied for the highest point total in the Metropolitan Division, the Islanders got a long trip off to a strong start, and theyll continue their seven-game road stretch against the streaking Calgary Flames tonight. New York (25-11-1) has gone 6-1-1 since a three-game losing streak, putting it in a tie with Pittsburgh with 51 points - a season after finishing at the bottom of the division. The Islanders won their second straight Wednesday, 5-2 over Winnipeg in the opener of the trek that will keep them away from Nassau Coliseum until Jan. 16. Frans Nielsen had two goals and an assist and linemate Ryan Strome had four points for New York, which has scored nine goals in winning two straight. The Islanders went 2 for 7 on the power play in both games. The (past) couple of games, (the line) has been good for us, coach Jack Capuano told the teams official website about the unit that also includes Anders Lee. You have to get secondary scoring, obviously. For me tonight, that line was good. When we play on the road, (opponents are) going to get the matchups that they want against (the John) Tavares line. Youre going to need other guys to step up. Nielsen, Strome and Lee totaled four points in Mondays 4-3 overtime win over Washington. Jaroslav Halak has also keyed New Yorks hot stretch, winning six consecutive starts while posting a 1.79 goals-against average. The Islanders, whose 3.0 non-shootout goals per game is among the best marks in the NHL, continue their trip through western Canada before heading back east for three more road games - two against area rivals New Jersey and the Rangers. New York has gone 2-0-1 in its last three away from home and has 11 wins on the road - tied for the most in the Eastern Conference. We play a loose, confident game on the road, not that we (dont) at home, Lee said. Its just you. Youre against the crowd and against the home team. You just kind oof grind it out together and play a simple game. Don Larsen Jersey. The Islanders sent the Jets to their first back-to-back losses since late November, and theyll try to cool off another hot team in the Flames (21-15-3). Calgary has bounced back exceptionally well from an eight-game losing streak, winning four in a row. Josh Jooris scored in overtime for a 4-3 victory over Edmonton on Wednesday, Calgarys league-leading eighth win when trailing after two periods. The Flames have a plus-23 goal differential in the third period, also best in the NHL, and their 48 third-period goals match Tampa Bay for the most in the NHL. The fact that we battled back again shows the resiliency of this squad, Jooris told the teams website. We never had a doubt in our mind tonight. Intermission everyone was upbeat, positive. I think that helped us in the third. Joe Colborne scored twice to give him three goals in the last three games after having none through his first 18. Calgary, 3-0-0 on a six-game homestand, has taken the last two meetings with New York, winning 4-3 in the most recent one March 7 at the Saddledome behind two goals from Colborne. The Flames outscored the Islanders 3-0 in the third period. Projected Lineups: Flames Forwards: Glencross – Monahan – Colborne Gaudreau – Jooris – Hudler Byron – Granlund – Bouma Bollig – Stajan – Jones Raymond, Backlund, McGrattan Defence: Giordano – Brodie Russell – Wideman Diaz – Engelland Potter Goalie: Hiller Islanders Forwards: Bailey – Tavares – Okposo Grabovski – Nelson – Kulemin Lee – Nielson – Strome Martin – Cizikas – Clutterbuck Defence: De Haan – Hamonic Leddy – Boychuck Hickey – Visnovsky Goalie: Halak Game Notes: CGY was 2-0-0 vs NYI last season CGY has gone 2-1-0 past 3 at home vs NYI Calgary: won 4 straight, 8GA, 9/12 on PK Hudler (7A) 5 game assist streak New York Islanders: won 2 straight, 9GF, 4/14 on PP Strome (1G, 5A) past 2GP ' ' '