ATLANTA -- Three-time defending champion John Isner beat Taylor Fritz 7-5, 6-4 on Friday night in an all-American match to advance to the BB&T Atlanta Open semifinals.The 6-foot-10 Isner set up a match with the man who replaced him as the tallest player on the ATP World Tour, 6-foot-11 American teen Reilly Opelka.Hes had a great run, the top-seeded Isner said about Opelka. Im certainly going to try to end it, but its going to be very tough.Isner overpowered Fritz, the 18-year-old seeded eighth, with 20 aces for his 14th straight victory in the hardcourt event. The former University of Georgia star has reached the finals five of the previous six years.It was a good win, Isner said. The first set was obviously tight. I was feeling good and feeling strong. In the second set, I had to keep holding serve as well as I could, and I did that.The 18-year-old Opelka topped seventh-seeded Donald Young 6-4, 6-4 in another all-American match to reach his first tour semifinal.Ive been doing a really good job with my movement, winning points on my opponents serve, Opelka said. The way I am serving now, I know I can at least get to a tie-break. But being able to hit good returns and passing shots is huge.In the other semifinal, second-seeded Nick Kyrgios of Australia will face Japans Yoshihito Nishioka.Kyrgios beat fifth-seeded Fernando Verdasco of Spain 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3, and Nishioka topped Argentinas Horacio Zeballos 6-4, 6-4 to reach his first tour semifinal.Ive been working on my serve a lot. More percentage, more power, the 20-year-old Nishioka said. And before I was very emotional, throwing rackets and getting frustrated. But Ive been more calm since Wimbledon. 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Harry Kane scored twice at White Hart Lane, the first after 44 seconds, and he then set up a third as Christian Eriksen completed the win.Pochettino is now relishing the prospect of getting the squad together after the international break in a bid to catch the Foxes. Harry Kane is confident that Tottenham can catch Leicester and win the Premier League title Its true we go into a different period now to recently, Pochettino said.ddddddddddddAfter the international break well play one game every week, and well have time to prepare games in a different way, to training, to improve and do a lot of things that were impossible before.We are in a moment where we need to see our future in a very good way. Its important to keep working hard and fight in every game.The gap Leicester have with us, Arsenal and City, we need to reduce.Its true they have a good advantage but we need to fight and believe. We need to believe. Harry Kane (left) scoring the first of his two goals against Bournemouth Kanes double takes his league tally to 21 goals this season and moves him two ahead of Leicesters Jamie Vardy and three up on Evertons Romelu Lukaku in the hunt for the Golden Boot.The 22-year-old is also only the fifth Englishman to hit 20 goals in consecutive Premier League campaigns, joining Alan Shearer, Les Ferdinand, Robbie Fowler and Andy Cole in achieving the feat.Is he the best striker in the Premier League? For me, yes. Maybe its difficult to say hes the best, but hes one of the best, Pochettino said. Hes one of the best strikers of a ball and his performance was fantastic today. It was a really good game for him. Also See: Spurs win to maintain title push Early goal key for Pochettino Spurs fixtures Spurs stats ' ' '