For just the second time in the past 15 years, the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship will feature an all-American final. Tennessee native Tennys Sandgren will clash with California's Steve Johnson for the title, after both battled through tricky semi-final encounters on Saturday. Johnson and Sandgren are slated to meet for the first time at the tour-level, marking the first championship clash in Houston between home hopefuls since 2015, when Jack Sock defeated Sam Querrey. That year, Sock lifted his maiden ATP World Tour trophy and Sandgren will look to do the same on Sunday. The 26-year-old toppled Ivo Karlovic 7-6(2), 7-6(4) in one hour and 38 minutes, surviving an offensive onslaught from the big-hitting Croatian....
Steve Johnson was within two points of a disappointing defeat on Tuesday night. A year after winning the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Clay Court Championship in Houston, the American was on the verge of falling in the opening round. But the 28-year-old overcame a 5/4 deficit in a second-set tie-break to defeat 2017 Houston semi-finalist Ernesto Escobedo 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 in two hours, 25 minutes as day turned to night. "He's definitely a good frontrunner. He hits the ball very hard. He kind of takes the racquet out of your hands," Johnson said. "Later stages of that tie-break in the second, I just needed to take it to him, make sure, win or lose, I did it on my...
Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey still have yet to drop a set at the Miami Open presented by Itau. The American pairing advanced to the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on Wednesday after another straight-set win 6-3, 6-2 against eighth-seeded Colombians Juan Sebastian/Robert Farah. [ALSO LIKE] Johnson/Querrey won all four break points to move on after 60 minutes. The California natives have reached three ATP World Tour doubles finals, with their lone team title coming on clay at 2017 Geneva. Watch Full Match Replays They'll face another pair of countrymen in the semi-finals after Russians Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev beat third seeds Oliver Marach of Austria and Croatian Mate Pavic 6-4, 7-6(3). On the bottom...
American Steve Johnson discusses his confidence-boosting win over Victor Estrella Burgos in the first round at the Miami Open presented by Itau. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
