Querrey takes low road to victory
“He started to maybe get a little tight on his serve. Definitely after I won that game, I knew in my head I was going to win.”
Sam Querrey scooped a shot off his shoe tops back to Carlos Berlocq, who looked surprised that his opponent got to such a shallow and sudden drop shot.
Berlocq mustered only a weak volley in return, which Querrey put away to tie it at 2-all in the second set. Berlocq yelled in frustration at letting Querrey come back from love-40, while Querrey had an extra bounce in his step.
The Californian carried the momentum of that game to a 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory in the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open on Wednesday. Read more