Friday, July 10, 2009

USA! USA!

Five Americans have won their second-round matches today. That's the most since five reached the third round (the quarterfinals) in 2002.
The five are Sam Querrey, Jesse Levine, Kevin Kim, Rajeev Ram and Brendan Evans.
Also reaching the quarters are formidable Frenchmen Fabrice Santoro and Nicolas Mahut and Olivier Rochus of Belgium.
Santoro is the two-time defending champion. He beat Mahut in the 2007 final.
Something's got to give: they meet later today for the right to advance to the semis on Saturday.
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2 comments:

Josh Krueger said...

Today's early results have shot my tournament bracket all to hell. I filled one out this morning, just for fun and to test my tennis knowledge. Clearly, I have very little.
I had Robby Ginepri going to the final (he lost to Brendan Evans) and Taylor Dent beating Fabrice Santoro.
But my pick to win it all, Sam Querrey, is still alive and well. He'll soon take care of Kevin Kim and then dethrone the defending champ tomorrow (assuming Fabrice can beat countryman and doubles partner Nicolas Mahut).
And we still have a shot at an all-American final with two Americans guaranteed to reach the semis (Querrey or Kim and Levine or Ram).

July 10, 2009 at 3:27 PM
Scott Barrett said...

Hey Krueger,

You didn't need to tell us that you didn't know anything about tennis. We knew that already!

-Dynasty

July 10, 2009 at 4:56 PM

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