| The South African player Kevin Anderson | | | | |
| reached the finals in the tennis Channel Open | | | | Anderson hasn't dropped a set during the four |
| last Saturday after beating the American | | | | matches in Las Vegas, but he also said he is |
| Robby Ginepri in two sets 7-6 (4), 6-4. | | | | trying to make his best to move forward a |
| | | | little bit more and try to be more |
| The 6-foot, 7-inch Anderson will face | | | | aggressive. He states that he knows he is |
| unseeded American Sam Querrey, the winner | | | | strong is on the baseline from where he |
| over Chilean fourth-seeded Guillermo Canas in | | | | serves great. And he probed it during the |
| a windy night match. | | | | match he was playing in. |
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| Anderson said this provides him with extra | | | | On the other hand; the 20-year-old Querrey |
| confidence, from the moment he began playing | | | | overcame a 5-3 deficit in the first set by |
| at this level. The South African never led in | | | | winning in four straight games. "I just |
| the first set until the tiebreaker, after he | | | | pretended the wind wasn't there and played my |
| took the lead for the second time with a 5-4 | | | | regular game," Querrey said after reaching |
| advantage, Anderson finished off the tiebreak | | | | his first ATP final. "I thought the wind |
| with an ace and a serve that Ginepri returned | | | | actually died down from the beginning of the |
| long. | | | | match until the end." |
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| "I was behind and I really didn't have any | | | | Sam Querrey is one of America's newest tennis |
| luck with his serve at all," Anderson said. | | | | stars and there are many expectations on the |
| "I just knew that I had to keep playing and, | | | | boy whose young age does not prevent him |
| fortunately, I was able to get that lead in | | | | from a possible tournament title in the |
| the tiebreak. "I felt pretty confident with | | | | months to come. |
| my serve during the tiebreak. I thought I | | | | |
| served really well. I hit an ace and then an | | | | Canas was the latest remaining seeded player, |
| impossible to return (serve) at 5-4 to seal | | | | he mentioned it was a close match and he |
| the set." | | | | didn't expected Querrey to have a great serve |
| | | | that didn't gave him time to break it. "I |
| Ginepri said he never expected to see | | | | came to this week wanting to treat it as a |
| Anderson playing the way he did on Saturday | | | | practice week," said Querrey, coming off a |
| since it was very windy, but he has a great | | | | wrist injury that set him off track early |
| serve even though he is very tall. Also; | | | | this year. "I wanted to swing freely, have |
| mentioned that he moves pretty good for his | | | | fun and do my thing. Maybe that's how I |
| size. | | | | should approach all tournaments. |