TENNIS in DEPTH.

Sam Querrey continues to roll through at Pilot Pen Tennis presented by Schick and in doing so has won the Olympus US Open Series. Querrey has been one of the stand-outs on the circuit as he heads into the US Open itself, which starts in New York on Monday.

The 6’6” Californian has reached the semis in New Haven for the first time and he did it with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, result over the top seed, and champion from 2006, Nikolay Davydenko.

The win has also made Querrey the second highest ranked American, after Andy Roddick, on the ATP World Tour, but that’s not a big issue for him.

“I just tried to stay in the long points when I could,” said Querrey. “If you win some long like 15, 20 stroke rallies, baseline points against guys like that, I think it really hurts them. They say, ‘all right, he’s bombing serves, but he’s willing to stay in long baseline rallies with me’. I think that can be intimidating. I thought I won a couple long ones today. Sometimes I think guys like Davydenko, (Rafael) Nadal, when they see that, it’s tough for them.”

Querrey says there are more expectations on him and he doesn’t mind that. It must be because he is doing something right.

“I don’t really feel too much pressure,” he said. “Since yesterday, I clinched the US Open Series, I kind of went out there today with no pressure, just kind of swinging away. I think that’s why I started so well.”

“You know, I’m not feeling pressure. I’m just going out there, working hard, doing the things that I need to do. You know, whatever happens, happens. I don’t really care who’s putting pressure on me. I’m not playing for that person; I’m just playing for myself.”

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