Before last year Sam Querrey had been a professional tennis player for a decade without ever breaking through to a Grand Slam quarterfinal.
Now Querrey, 29, is into his third career major quarterfinal at the US Open and is two wins from playing in Sunday’s final.
“It’s still kind of new,” the 6-foot-6 San Francisco native said after his 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 fourth-round victory over Mischa Zverev on Sunday night. “It’s still really exciting. It’s a fun stage to be on. I think it’s nice to have played a few [quarterfinals] already.”
No American man has won a Grand Slam title since Andy Roddick captured the 2003 US Open — 14 years ago. And Querrey is the first American in the quarterfinals in New York since, you guessed it, Roddick in 2011.
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