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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

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

Nice draw

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5&3 over Rochus

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

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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/stor...ps-opportunity

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Isner back in the frame for USA

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.a...019459&lang=en

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

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

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Sam is gonna choke isn't he

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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

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63 63 over Falla, Soeda or Matosevic next.

Full draw: http://www.memphistennis.com/userfil...DS-Tuesday.pdf