Top seed Querrey exits in Newport
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July 9, 2010, Friday
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TOP-SEEDED Sam Querrey was upset in the second round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island, on Wednesday, losing in straight sets to Dustin Brown of Jamaica.
Querrey, ranked 19th and a three-time winner on the tour this season, was beaten 4-6, 3-6 in just 47 minutes.
Brown won 33 of 34 of his first-serve points and claimed his first win over a top-20 player.
Brown, ranked in the 400s a year ago, relied on quick pace and big serve to frustrate the leading player from the United States in the tournament. He had 14 aces.
"Half the time I was walking over to the other side and the ball was in the air for him to serve," Querrey said of Brown's fast approach.
The 25-year old Jamaican took control by breaking Querrey to go up 3-2 in the fifth game of the second set, winning with a well-placed drop shot at the net.
"I wasn't expecting to break him. I knew I was serving well," Brown said. "When I broke him, I just wanted to continue to serve well. Everything just struck together for me. It's going to take a while to sink in."
Querrey has won in Memphis, Belgrade and at Queen's Club so far this season. Last year, he was the first American in five years to advance to three straight finals, including a runner-up in Newport. He won the Los Angeles Open and was runner-up at Pilot Pen.
In other action, No. 5-seeded Mardy Fish advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating India's Somdev Devvarman, 6-2, 6-0, in 66 minutes.
Longest match
Nicolas Mahut, playing in his first tournament since losing to John Isner at Wimbledon in the longest match in tennis history, was beaten by Canada's Frank Dancevic, 6-7 (5), 3-6.
Mahut said he was going to rest for a few weeks after his 76-minute loss. "I have to. I can't play in this shape. I have to take two weeks off to see how my body heals," the Frenchman said.
In Hungary, Patty Schnyder of Switzerland beat top-seeded Alisa Kleybanova of Russia 6-4, 6-3 in the second round of the Budapest Grand Prix on Wednesday.
Schnyder set up a quarterfinal match with eighth-seeded Polona Hercog, who rallied to a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Catalina Castano of Colombia.
Second-seeded Alexandra Dulgheru's match against Anna Chakvetadze of Russia was suspended due to darkness, at 7-6 (5), 1-6. The winner will face Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova, who defeated fifth-seeded Peng Shuai of China 6-1, 6-1 to earn a spot in the last eight.
In Bastad, top seed Flavia Pennetta of Italy cruised into the quarterfinals of the Swedish Open with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Sloane Stephens of the US on Wednesday.
Pennetta, who has given up only four games in the first two rounds of the WTA claycourt tournament, will face veteran Jill Craybas next, after the American defeated Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany 3-6, 6-0, 6-4.
Querrey, ranked 19th and a three-time winner on the tour this season, was beaten 4-6, 3-6 in just 47 minutes.
Brown won 33 of 34 of his first-serve points and claimed his first win over a top-20 player.
Brown, ranked in the 400s a year ago, relied on quick pace and big serve to frustrate the leading player from the United States in the tournament. He had 14 aces.
"Half the time I was walking over to the other side and the ball was in the air for him to serve," Querrey said of Brown's fast approach.
The 25-year old Jamaican took control by breaking Querrey to go up 3-2 in the fifth game of the second set, winning with a well-placed drop shot at the net.
"I wasn't expecting to break him. I knew I was serving well," Brown said. "When I broke him, I just wanted to continue to serve well. Everything just struck together for me. It's going to take a while to sink in."
Querrey has won in Memphis, Belgrade and at Queen's Club so far this season. Last year, he was the first American in five years to advance to three straight finals, including a runner-up in Newport. He won the Los Angeles Open and was runner-up at Pilot Pen.
In other action, No. 5-seeded Mardy Fish advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating India's Somdev Devvarman, 6-2, 6-0, in 66 minutes.
Longest match
Nicolas Mahut, playing in his first tournament since losing to John Isner at Wimbledon in the longest match in tennis history, was beaten by Canada's Frank Dancevic, 6-7 (5), 3-6.
Mahut said he was going to rest for a few weeks after his 76-minute loss. "I have to. I can't play in this shape. I have to take two weeks off to see how my body heals," the Frenchman said.
In Hungary, Patty Schnyder of Switzerland beat top-seeded Alisa Kleybanova of Russia 6-4, 6-3 in the second round of the Budapest Grand Prix on Wednesday.
Schnyder set up a quarterfinal match with eighth-seeded Polona Hercog, who rallied to a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Catalina Castano of Colombia.
Second-seeded Alexandra Dulgheru's match against Anna Chakvetadze of Russia was suspended due to darkness, at 7-6 (5), 1-6. The winner will face Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova, who defeated fifth-seeded Peng Shuai of China 6-1, 6-1 to earn a spot in the last eight.
In Bastad, top seed Flavia Pennetta of Italy cruised into the quarterfinals of the Swedish Open with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Sloane Stephens of the US on Wednesday.
Pennetta, who has given up only four games in the first two rounds of the WTA claycourt tournament, will face veteran Jill Craybas next, after the American defeated Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany 3-6, 6-0, 6-4.
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