Chapter 242: Local Hope
Sam. Born in San Francisco in October 1987, Quirrey will be 30 years old in two months. Querrey, who has turned professional in 2006, has won a total of 10 ATP-level men's singles titles so far, and he is ranked in the top 30 in the world all year round.
However, in the past ten years of tennis career, Quirrey has not had a smooth life. Although he has always said that his competitive level has been maintained at a relatively stable level, due to the lack of eye-catching breakthroughs, Quirrey is always the most overlooked one among this group of American men's tennis players.
At the beginning of his debut, the banner of the American men's singles was still firmly in the hands of the cannon Roddick. As the most recent star to win a Grand Slam title, Roddick far outperforms his American men's contemporaries in terms of results and popularity.
finally waited for Roddick to retire, but Quirrey still did not usher in his own day. Although he is 1.98 meters tall, he has a strong serve that makes opponents fearful. But Isner, who is taller and faster than him, has held him down over the years.
While Querrey was still struggling to break into the top 20, Isner had already broken through the top 10 in the world a few years ago to reach a high of ninth. Not only that, but both in the Grand Slam and the Masters, Isner has performed far better than Quarey.
However, what makes Quirrey even more depressed is that he is not even the No. 2 player in the US men's singles now. Because in the past two years, Sock, who is several years younger than him, is making great strides to improve his ranking at an astonishing speed.
As a result, in the American team, Querrey's position is even more awkward. What makes him quite depressed is that with his current ranking, he can't even be selected into the main team of the Davis Cup. In Men's Singles, Isner and Sock are available, and in Men's Doubles, there are almost the best Bryan brothers of all time. For Querrey, if nothing changes, there is little chance that his dream of representing his country will come true by the day he retires.
Huangtian lived up to his wishes, and Queirey, who had been working hard in the tennis world for ten years, finally ushered in the biggest breakthrough in his career when he was about to turn 30 years old. It all started at the ATP 500 Acapulco Open in Mexico at the beginning of the year, where Querrey defeated two-time champion Rafael Nadal 6-3, 7-6(3) in the final to win his first career singles title and his ninth singles title.
With a two-set win over Nadal, Quirrey thought it could be the biggest win of his career. Who knows, at the Wimbledon Tennis Open in July, Querrey eliminated Tsonga, Anderson and other good players in the process of qualifying, and reached the quarterfinals of the tournament again after 16 years.
In the quarterfinals, Querrey welcomed the reigning champion of the tournament, the top seed and world No. 1 Murray. In what was considered to be a game without much suspense before the match, Quirrey eliminated Murray in five sets with a score of 3-6/6-4/6-7(4)/6-1/6-1, and reached the men's singles semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career!
Although he lost 1:3 to the final runner-up Cilic in the semifinals, the magical performance of this Wimbledon completely ushered in the highlight moment of Quarey's career. With consecutive victories over the two giants of Natto and Murray, Quirrey has earned everyone's attention during this period.
Next, at this month's ATP 250 Telecom Mexico, Querrey won the title again and won his second singles title of the year. With a series of good results, Querrey also reached 21st in the world ranking for the first time, and is only one step away from breaking the top 20.
Compared with the two dark horses in the bottom half of the quarterfinals, Pancich and Rublev in the top half, Quelrey's promotion can be said to be expected. Having not faced any strong opponents in the previous rounds, he made it all the way to the quarter-finals and will snatch a place in the quarter-finals for Pansiqi.
With the results of the quarterfinals at this stage, Quirrey has reached 17th in the real-time world rankings, which is infinitely close to Isner and Sock in front. As long as he crosses Pancich and reaches the semi-finals of the US Open for the first time, then he will become the new American men's singles.
Therefore, for the next quarter-final match, the significance for Querrey is self-evident.
"Sam, is that statement about Pansizy too high-profile? After all, this game has attracted a lot of attention, and if you can't win it, you're going to be under a lot of pressure. The coach asked Querrey with some concern.
Looking at the coach's tightly knit eyebrows, Quirrey smiled disdainfully.
"What a coward, working with him for the past two years is wrong. After this US Open, I must fire him! Quirrey thought.
But now, after all, the two sides are still in a cooperative relationship, and Quirrey is not easy to tear his face. He replied with some dissatisfaction: "I said Andre, why are you always so unfounded, do you think I really have the possibility of losing to that Chinese liar?" ”
"No, that's not what I meant. It's just that after watching the footage of Pancic's fight, I think you still have to be cautious about the next game. The coach explained.
"You know, after I said I was going to beat Pansiqi, my social network followers immediately increased by hundreds of thousands. Countless American fans left messages on it, saying that they would support me unconditionally. ”
"Hmph, no matter how he performed before, in the next game, the winner can only be me! You don't know what this game means to me. Now Panci has become the number one enemy of countless American fans, and if I can beat him, I can not only become the best tennis player in the United States, but also become a hero in everyone's hearts! Querrey said loudly with his eyes shining, as if he had seen the scene of his victory being sought after by countless American fans.
Back to reality, Querrey said with a slight urge: "Before tonight, I need a detailed analysis of Pancic's previous match footage, as well as tactical arrangements for the next match. I hope you can seize this opportunity and don't mess things up. After all, there are few people who are as kind as me and willing to pay you such a high salary every year. ”
"Okay, I'll get the materials to you on time." Sighing helplessly, the coach replied in a low voice.
"It seems that after this US Open, I should not continue to work with him anyway." When Querrey left, a wry smile appeared on the coach's face. Please pay attention to the latest chapters in the future