Belgium's Christophe Rochus easily beat American second seed Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-1 in the second round of the ATP Delray Beach International Tennis Championships on Wednesday
Belgium's Christophe Rochus easily beat American second seed Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-1 in the second round of the ATP Delray Beach International Tennis Championships on Wednesday. With the impressive win, Rochus avenges a loss to Querrey in their only other meeting at the Indian Wells masters series event two years ago.
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Rochus will face another player that pulled off an upset in the 500,000 dollar hardcourt tournament.
Stefan Koubek, who won here in 2000, posted a 6-4, 6-3 triumph over number eight seed Lu Yen-Hsun.
Querrey, the world No. 34, entered having been ranked fourth among American players, behind Andy Roddick, James Blake and Mardy Fish.
The 21-year-old had been on the rise after winning his maiden title in 2008 and finishing the season in the top-50 for the first time.
Querrey was off to a respectable start this season with a runner-up effort in Auckland and quarter-final appearances each of the past two weeks in San Jose and Memphis.
In other action, Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez bounced back from a shoddy opening set to register a 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 win over Gilles Muller of Luxembourg.
Meanwhile, Russian qualifier Evgeny Korolev defeated American Robby Kendrick, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, to round out the unseeded matchups.
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