American Harrison to Face Federer in Round Two Action at Sony Ericsson Open
In action on the men’s side of the draw at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open, U.S. wild card entry Ryan Harrison defeated Italy’s Potito Starace 6-7(6/8), 6-4, 6-4 to advance to face Switzerland’s Roger Federer, who has won his past three tournaments in a row including last week’s BNP Paribas Open title at Indian Wells, Calif.
“I’ve had my fair share of chances [against top 10 ranked players],” Harrison said. “I’m hoping this is the year where I’m not just competitive. I’m going out to win these matches. He [Federer] is obviously an outstanding player. That’s an understatement. He’s done incredible stuff with the game. And, in my opinion, he’s the greatest player to play this game.”
Also advancing was Marcus Baghdatis of Cyprus with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Argentina’s Leonardo Mayer. Awaiting Baghdatis is world number one-ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia, winner of the past three Grand Slam crowns.
Another American moving on at the event is Sam Querrey, a 6-1, 5-7, 7-5 victor over Australia’s Matthew Ebden. Querrey will next face South African Kevin Anderson.
The news was not so bright for a duo of Americans, Donald Young and Jesse Levine, as Young was denied a trip the second round with a 5-7, 4-6 loss to David Goffin of Belgium, and Levine was ousted by Russian Igor Kunitsyn, 7-6(8), 7-6(3).
Round two results for the men’s draw at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open
â–ºSam Querrey (U.S.) beat Matthew Ebden (Australia) 6-1, 5-7, 7-5
â–ºLu Yen-Hsun (Taiwan) beat Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) 6-4, 6-3
â–ºGuillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) beat Rajeev Ram (U.S.) 6-4, 7-6(7)
â–ºGilles Muller (Luxembourg) beat Alex Bogomolov Jr. (Russia) 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(5)
â–ºDavid Goffin (Belgium) beat Donald Young (U.S.) 7-5, 6-4
â–ºBernard Tomic (Australia) beat Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukraine) 7-6(4), 6-3
â–ºFrank Dancevic (Canada) beat Jeremy Chardy (France) 7-5, 7-6
â–ºBjoern Phau (Germany) beat Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) 6-4, 6-2
â–ºBenjamin Becker (Germany) beat Olivier Rochus (Belgium) 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
â–ºSergey Bubka Jr. (Ukraine) beat Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) 6-4, 6-4
â–ºMarcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) beat Leonardo Mayer (Argentina) 6-1, 6-4
â–ºCedrik-Marcel Stebe (Germany) beat Flavio Cipolla (Italy) 6-3, 7-5
â–ºIvo Karlovic (Croatia) beat Lukasz Kubot (Poland) 6-3, 6-7(2), 7-6(2)
â–ºRyan Harrison (U.S.) beat Potito Starace (Italy) 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-4
â–ºIgor Kunitsyn (Russia) beat Jesse Levine (U.S.) 7-6(8), 7-6(3)
â–ºAlbert Ramos (Spain) beat Simone Bolelli (Italy) 6-3 6-1
