Robby Ginepri vs Sam Querrey Live
Date/Time
On Court May 25 2010 12:15 cet
Competition:French Open GS (FRA)
Live/Repeat: Live
Ginepri had been due to take part in qualifying for the French Open but discovered after practising at Roland Garros on Monday that he had secured a place in the main draw.
He received a call asking him to deputise for John Isner, who wanted to rest a sore arm, and caught a late flight over to the tournament in Duesseldorf.
"I said 'sure'," Ginepri said after holding a match point at 6-5 in the final set before losing the match 6-3 5-7 7-6.
"I'm pretty happy with the way it went today. A little unfortunate I didn't come out with a victory but he's one of the better clay courters out there. So I'll take a lot of positives from this match."
American Sam Querrey defeated Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3 6-4 to leave the United States and Spain level at 1-1.
Also in the Red Group, the Czech Republic took a 1-0 lead over Australia when Jan Hajek swept aside Peter Luczak 6-1 6-2 in just 62 minutes.
In the Blue Group, Philipp Kohlschreiber recovered from the disappointment of losing both singles and doubles against France to defeat Horacio Zeballos of Argentina 6-3 6-4.
France and Serbia were level at 1-1 after Paul-Henri Mathieu defeated Dusan Lajovic 6-2 6-3 and Viktor Troicki overcame Jeremy Chardy 6-4 6-2.
Eight teams, split into two groups, are competing for prize money of over one million Euros. The group winners advance to Saturday's final.
