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9/6/10 6:17 AM | Ricky Dimon
Big-serving Americans have mixed fates on Sunday at the U.S. Open. John Isner goes down to Mikhail Youzhny, but Sam Querrey cruises past Nicolas Almagro.
(12) Mikhail Youzhny d. (18) John Isner 6-4, 6-7(7), 7-6(5), 6-4
Youzhny survived 33 Isner aces to break serve four times and advance to the fourth round of the U.S. Open after three hours and 18 minutes. The 14th-ranked Russian appeared to be on a much quicker path to the winner's circle, as he surged to a 6-4, 5-1 lead. Suddenly, however, he gave back both breaks in the second set and eventually lost it nine points to seven in a back-and-forth tiebreaker.
Those were the only two times Youzhny dropped serve on Sunday night, and he quickly regained the momentum. The No. 12 seed twice battled back from mini-breaks down in the third-set tiebreaker before taking it seven points to five. A break at 1-1 in the fourth all but sealed the deal, as Youzhny served out the proceedings the rest of the way. Next up for Youzhny is Tommy Robredo, who booked his spot in round four via a retirement by Michael Llodra.
(20) Sam Querrey d. (14) Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Querrey never dropped serve en route to a straight-set dismissal of Almagro that took only one hour and 53 minutes to complete. As such, one break was enough for the 6'6'' American to set up a fourth-round meeting with Stanislas Wawrinka.
Almagro had chances in each frame of play, but Querrey's ability to win free points on serve and come up with booming deliveries at crucial times proved to be the difference. The Spaniard converted none of his five break-point opportunities, while Querrey won 85 percent of his first-serve points. The No. 14 seed blasted 19 aces and double his opponent's winner total (42 to 21).
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Querrey's game looks surprisingly sharp to me.Not out of the question for him to win.
stratocast51 , 9/6/10 10:45 PM