Filed under: U.S. OpenNEW YORK -- Sam Querrey, the No. 20 seed and one of America's leading candidates to contend at this year's U.S. Open, won his opening round match on Wednesday, defeating Bradley Klahn 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Despite eleven double faults, the 6-foot-6 Querrey was otherwise dominant with his serve. He won 88 percent of the points on his first serve, including 19 aces to Klahn's six.
There was a brief break in the match of two hours and 29 minutes, when Querrey accidentally slammed the ball during the second set into the groin area of Klahn, who was at the net.
"That was an accident," said Querrey. "He hit a dropshot, and I ran up there and it was kind of better than I thought. So I kind of got a little confused where I was going to hit it. I kind of went at him. I didn't mean to hit it there. I felt bad because he's my buddy."
"I had kind of a delayed reaction," said Klahn, who will return for his junior year at Stanford on Sept. 20. "The first five seconds, I thought I was okay. Then I thought I'd better call for the trainer."
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After Klahn took a few minutes to recover and stretch -- while Querrey clearly felt badly about the pain he had put his pal through -- play resumed.
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