Fourth seed Sam Querrey moved forward with his title defence on Thursday at the Delray Beach Open, scoring a convincing 6-2, 6-3 win over fellow American and doubles partner Jared Donaldson to reach the quarter-finals. “I was just swinging freely through everything and did a good job of committing to it,” said Querrey. “Even if I’m missing, I’m trying to keep doing it if it’s the right play. That’s what I’ve been working on a lot the past couple of days.” Querrey fired 13 aces and didn’t drop serve, breaking his opponent three times to wrap up victory in exactly one hour. He improved his FedEx ATP Head2Head record over Donaldson to 2-0. The American pair will take the court...
In a battle of the 19-year-olds, American #NextGenATP member Taylor Fritz saved the lone break point he faced in a 6-4, 6-4 win against Japan's Akira Santillan at the Delray Beach Open Monday night. Fritz claimed his second tour-level win of the year and next meets the winner of countryman Donald Young and second seed Ivo Karlovic. On playing Santillan, Fritz said, "We go way back, we're both born in '97. So we played juniors together. We've played together, practised together. We're good friends… I definitely went in knowing I'm more experienced, just I've played more on tour. I was thinking about that before the match, maybe that could make a difference but I was just focused on playing tennis...
What started as a marketing campaign has taken over the Memphis Open: The tournament has gone to the dogs. Sam Querrey and his girlfriend brought their 8-month-old French Bulldog, Lou. Kevin Anderson and his wife carried Lady Kady, their 7-month-old Chiweenie, a Chihuahua Dachshund mix. “Memphis Mo”, the tournament mascot that has had his own Facebook and Twitter accounts to promote the tournament, visited the Memphis Open as well. “The dogs are great. They're fun, and it's such an engaging way that the players can bring a little bit of home on the tour with them,” Tournament Director Erin Mazurek said. “If we can be accommodating and make our tournament feel that much more friendly and that much more engaging...
Watch highlights as Donald Young and Sam Querrey oust defending champions Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in the first round of the Australian Open on Thursday. Photo: Getty Images. Video Courtesy Tennis Australia.
Continuing our Season In Review Series, ATPWorldTour.com revisits the biggest Grand Slam upsets of 2016: (5) Jared Donaldson d. David Goffin 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-0 – US Open first round The summer hard-court swing provided the springboard to the Top 100 for American #NextGen star Jared Donaldson. The 20 year old entered the Emirates Airline US Open Series at World No. 153 and he would reel off main draw wins in Washington, Toronto, Atlanta and Cincinnati, before qualifying at his home Grand Slam without dropping a set. A date with 12th-seed David Goffin awaited in the first round and Donaldson would ride the surge of momentum to his first victory at a major, rallying from a set and a break...
