Querrey served out the 2 hour, 14-minute match on his second
match point to improve to 3-0 against Anderson, a South African who was set to
play the qualifying here, but avoided it when he advanced to the semifinals
last week in Atlanta. He received a special exemption into the main draw, and
gave Querrey all he could handle until the third set.
“We both have big serves. I got lucky there,” Querrey said. “He's
got such a big serve. I couldn't really get a rhythm. I just focused a little
harder on my service games and I got a few more returns.” In another
second-round match, third-seeded Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus beat American
wild-card Ryan Sweeting 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Baghdatis fired 11 aces and had the same number of winners
in advancing to his fifth quarterfinal of the year.
Baghdatis had lost all three of his matches in his three
previous tournaments, all on grass. It was his first win since a second-round
victory at the French Open in May.
“I fought for the match without playing perfect tennis,” he
said. “I came to L.A. knowing I wasn't going to play my best tennis. I felt
really bad on court and it's good to win when you feel bad.” He'll next play
sixth-seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia, who beat qualifier Somdev Devvarman of
India 7-6 (11), 6-2.
Devvarman missed a chance to break into the tour's top 100
for the first time with a victory.
Rainer Schuettler of Germany outlasted American Robby
Ginepri 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in their first meeting since 2003. At 34, Schuettler is
the oldest player in the singles draw.
Schuettler will next play Querrey.
Bob and Mike Bryan opened a bid to win their record 62nd
career doubles title with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Mardy Fish and Mark Knowles.
The brothers are tied with Hall of Famers Todd Woodbridge
and Mark Woodforde with 61 career titles. They could have made history at
Wimbledon, but lost in the quarterfinals.
Bob Bryan said the twins felt greater pressure to tie the
Woodies, which they did in May at the Madrid Masters.
“That was the number we were looking at,” he said. “We want
to play this game for another five years. We don't feel that pressure.”
