With the Nitto ATP Finals in his sights for the first time, Sam Querrey talks about the difference confidence and extra fight has brought to his game in 2017 in ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot.
Next week’s No. 1 American Sam Querrey bids to become the first home-grown US Open semi-finalist since Andy Roddick in 2006 when he meets good friend and occasional doubles partner Kevin Anderson on Tuesday night. Querrey reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals in 2016 and semi-finals in 2017 to end the longest American droughts in Grand Slam history for those respective rounds. He is three wins from becoming the first American Grand Slam champion since Roddick at the 2003 US Open. The 6'6” Querrey and 6’8” Anderson are meeting in the tallest Grand Slam quarter-final, semi-final or final of the Open Era. Querrey is 8-6 in his FedEx ATP Head2Head record against Anderson overall and 1-1 this season. The South African avenged...
If this was the best match of Sam Querrey's career, the rest of the US Open field better take notice. The 17th seed was at his ruthless best on Sunday night, turning in a masterclass performance under the lights on Arthur Ashe Stadium. Querrey sprinted past Mischa Zverev 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 in just one hour and 16 minutes, blitzing his 30 year old opponent with a barrage of rifled groundstrokes and dizzying agility. It was the fastest match of the tournament thus far. He struck 55 winners, including 18 aces, and just eight unforced errors. With the win, Querrey will become the No. 1 American in the Emirates ATP Rankings for the first time since July 2013. He is the...
Sealed with an ace. Sam Querrey relied on his biggest weapon to secure his place in the Round of 16 at the US Open on Friday, overcoming Radu Albot 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4. The American launched 49 winners, including 19 aces, to prevail after two hours and seven minutes. He will feature in the second week at his home Grand Slam for the first time since 2010, matching his best result. But it will not be an all-American fourth-round clash for Querrey after Mischa Zverev rounded out the day's action by toppling John Isner in the Arthur Ashe Stadium night session. Albot, who was appearing in his first Grand Slam third round, streaked to an early lead with a break...
Sam Querrey is on track to serve his way into the Nitto ATP Finals in London this November. That will make you do a double-take since he is currently No. 21 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. But dig a little deeper and you will find he is No. 10 in the Emirates ATP Race to London, with two players ahead of him (Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka) already declaring their 2017 season over. Querrey’s career-high ranking is No. 17 (31 January 2011), and he looks set to blow right past that in the coming months, as he only has 20 Emirates ATP Rankings points to defend for the rest of 2017. If he continues recent form, he could quite conceivably...
