Sam's 2013 Season

Auckland

(1)David Ferrer (ESP) bye
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs Benoit Paire (FRA)
Lukas Lacko (SVK) vs Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)
David Goffin (BEL) vs (8)Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)

(3)Tommy Haas (GER) bye
Robin Haase (NED) vs (q)
(q) vs (WC)Gael Monfils (FRA)
(q) vs (6)Jurgen Melzer (AUT)

(5)Jerzy Janowicz (POL) vs Brian Baker (USA)
(q) vs (WC)Daniel King-Turner (NZL)
(WC)Olivier Rochus (BEL) vs Albert Ramos (ESP)
(4)Sam Querrey (USA) bye

(7)Martin Klizan (SVK) vs Xavier Malisse (BEL)
Go Soeda (JPN) vs Santiago Giraldo (COL)
Alejandro Falla (COL) vs Grega Zemlja (SLO)
(2)Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) bye

The last time Sam won the first match of the season was in 2008.

Nice draw ;)

5&3 over Rochus

Sam's section of the draw, not a very good one. Good luck.

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/1779/85414237.png

He moves on to face 20th seed Sam Querrey, who is the top-ranked U.S. player here because of Isner's absence. It's the first time Querrey has carried that mantle in a Grand Slam event, but he'd rather not look at things that way.

"I don't feel like I am,'' said Querrey, who dropped a first-set tiebreak to Spanish qualifier Daniel Munoz-De La Nava but played efficiently thereafter and smacked 27 aces in a 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 victory. "I feel like the No. 2 American even though John's not here, which is unfortunate. I haven't even thought about it; everyone keeps asking me about it, but it's a complete nonissue.

"I mean, Serena is probably the real leader,'' he added. "I guess on the men's side, a lot of the younger guys are here, so I guess so, a little bit. … I'm just doing the best I can. I'm cheering for the other guys and they're cheering for me, so we're all in it together, but I don't feel like too much of a leader.''

That togetherness will have to be suspended in the second round. Querrey and Baker have gotten to know each other fairly well off the court, but they've played only once before, last year in a Challenger-level tournament on clay where Querrey won in three sets. "We haven't hit too much, so it'll be a little bit of a new scenario,'' Querrey said. "I'm just going to try to keep serving well and dominate with my forehand, and hopefully that's enough to get by him.''..

http://espn.go.com/tennis/aus13/story/_/id/8842337/australian-open-tim-smyczek-jumps-opportunity

Isner back in the frame for USA (http://www.daviscup.com/en/news/articles/isner-back-in-the-frame-for-usa.aspx)

Schedule

Friday
R1: Sam Querrey (USA) v Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)
R2: John Isner (USA) v Thiago Alves (BRA)

Saturday
R3: Bob Bryan/ Mike Bryan (USA) v Marcelo Melo/ Bruno Soares (BRA)

Sunday
R4: John Isner (USA) v Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)
R5: Sam Querrey (USA) v Thiago Alves (BRA)


Livescore: http://live.daviscup.com/livescore.aspx?tid=100019459&lang=en

Sam def. Belluci 63 64 64 to give USA the first point. Well done Sam.

If Sam loses to Alves, I don't know what to say :tape:

Sam is gonna choke isn't he :facepalm:

R5: Sam Querrey (USA) d. Thiago Alves (BRA) 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(3)

USA def. Brazil 3-2 to advance to the quarterfinal against Serbia

http://i45.tinypic.com/fbb8y0.png

San Jose

(1)Milos Raonic (CAN) bye
Michael Russell (USA) vs (q)
Benjamin Becker (GER) vs Ryan Harrison (USA)
(q) vs (6)Denis Istomin (UZB)

(3)Sam Querrey (USA) bye
Blaz Kavcic (SLO) vs Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
Flavio Cipolla (ITA) vs Alejandro Falla (COL)
(WC)Jack Sock (USA) vs (7)Marinko Matosevic (AUS)

(5)Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs (q)
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs (WC)Steve Johnson (USA)
Jesse Levine (CAN) vs (WC)Bradley Klahn (USA)
(4)Tommy Haas (GER) bye

(8)Xavier Malisse (BEL) vs Go Soeda (JPN)
Matthew Ebden (AUS) vs (q)
Vasek Pospisil (CAN) vs Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)
(2)John Isner (USA) bye

Beat Lleyton Hewitt 76(6) 16 76(4), Lleyton double faulted twice in the 3rd set tiebreak including one on matchpoint. Gets Falla in the quarterfinal.

Good to hear that Sam saved MP to win in 3 sets (will play Falla again...1st round of Memphis). Up next is Raonic, good luck.

Lost 4&2. Didn't watch it, usually try to avoid two big servers.

63 63 over Falla, Soeda or Matosevic next.

Full draw: http://www.memphistennis.com/userfiles/file/2013/Draw/ATP_MDS-Tuesday.pdf

Delray Beach

John Isner [1] - Jesse Levine
Marinko Matosevic - Go Soeda
Yen-Hsun Lu - Qualifier/SE
Kevin Anderson [6] - Qualifier/SE

Kei Nishikori [4] - Ivo Karlovic
Flacio Cipolla - Edouard Roger-Vasselin
Jack Sock [WC] - Qualifier/SE
Feliciano Lopez [7] - Bjorn Phau

Xavier Malisse [8] - Alejandro Falla
Ryan Harrison - Qualifier/SE
James Blake [WC] - Qualifier/SE
Sam Querrey [3] - Michael Russell

Alexandr Dolgopolov [5] - Ivan Dodig
Evgeny Donskoy - Steve Darcis
Denis Istomin - Benjamin Becker
Toomy Haas [2] - Igor Sijsling

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2013/499/mds.pdf

won 6-2 2-2 ret.

what a choke

1st round bye in IW and then Sock/qualifier, then Matosevic/Robredo/Monaco.

Sam barely survived Matosevic and will get Djokovic next, so this is where his run ends.

Yesterday's presser: http://www.asapsports.com/show_interview.php?id=87333

Miami: 1st round bye, then Kubot/Qualifier. Good luck.

Full Draw: http://www.sonyopentennis.com/Share/Event-Draws.aspx?Year=2013&Draw=ms

Def. Kubot 46 63 63

Miami's presser: http://www.sonyopentennis.com/News/Tennis/2013/Interview-Transcripts/Sam-Querrey-22-March.aspx

Davis Cup

def. Troicki 76 36 46 61 64

Wish he would play more more aggressive like in the final set more often. Well done Sam :)

Sam Querrey withdraws from Houston with an injury from twitter

HOUSTON (AP) — Fourth-seeded Sam Querry withdrew from the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship before his first-round match Thursday because of a strained right pectoral muscle.

Querry, the top ranked American at No. 20 in the world, was about to play wild card Rhyne Williams of the United States when he decided to withdraw.

"When I was warming up today I went hard to test it and if I had one more day or maybe two, I think it would be good," Querry said. "It's just extreme fatigue in my pec and when I go up to serve and on forehands it catches it and it's achy and painful and I just don't want to tear it."

Querry won't play again for three weeks and doesn't anticipate an extended layoff.

"Because it's gotten so much better since Monday I think it three days it will be almost 100 percent," Querry said. "I've got three weeks to get healthy and back on the clay."

Querry said his next event will be in Madrid.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/04/11/sports/tennis/ap-ten-houston-querry-injury.html?smid=tw-NYTStraightSets&seid=auto&_r=0

Madrid: http://www.madrid-open.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2013-0503_ATP-Singles-Draw.pdf

First round against Janowicz, then Berdych.

Rome's Masters

(1)Novak Djokovic (SRB) bye
Martin Klizan (SVK) vs (q)
(WC)Matteo Viola (ITA) vs Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)
(15)Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) vs (q)

(11)Marin Cilic (CRO) vs (q)
Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Denis Istomin (UZB) vs John Isner (USA)
(6)Tomas Berdych (CZE) bye

(4)David Ferrer (ESP) bye
Horacio Zeballos (ARG) vs Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
Albert Ramos (ESP) vs (q)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs (14)Milos Raonic (CAN)

(10)Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs Viktor Troicki (SRB)
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) vs (q)
Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs Andreas Seppi (ITA)
(5)Rafael Nadal (ESP) bye

(7)Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) bye
Xavier Malisse (BEL) vs (q)
Juan Monaco (ARG) vs Benoit Paire (FRA)
Julien Benneteau (FRA) vs (12)Nicolas Almagro (ESP)

(16)Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs (WC)Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
Marcel Granollers (ESP) vs Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
(3)Andy Murray (GBR) bye

(8)Jo Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) bye
Jerzy Janowicz (POL) vs (q)
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
Sam Querrey (USA) vs (9)Richard Gasquet (FRA)

(13)Tommy Haas (GER) vs Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
(WC)Filippo Volandri (ITA) vs Gilles Simon (FRA)
Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (WC)Potito Starace (ITA)
(2)Roger Federer (SUI) bye

Tough draw :unsure: Good luck.

Lost 62 76(8)

Nice Draw: http://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Event-Draws.aspx?EventId=6120&Year=2013

Sam is seeded 3rd and has a bye, then a qualifier, then REV/Falla/Berankis/Istomin in his quarter.