Louk Sorensen, Michael Yani qualify for the main draw – US Open 2011
Louk Sorensen beats Martin Fischer 7-6(2), 6-1
World number 614 Louk Sorensen of Ireland qualified for the main round as he upset world number 204 Martin Fischer of Austria in straight sets 7-6(2), 6-1 in the final qualifier at the US Open in New York on Friday. The Irish took
one hour and 32 minutes to win the match.
Sorensen drew the first blood as he broke the Austrian in the third game of the first set and held his serve in the next game to build a 3-1 lead. Fischer broke back in the eighth game to level the score at 4-4. The Irish broke
again in the ninth game to take a 5-4 lead but he failed to serve out the set in the next game to equalize the score at 5-5. The set was forced into a tie-break and Sorensen thrashed his opponent, winning it 7-2.
The Irish did not show any respite to his opponent after winning the first set as he allow the Austrian to win only game, breaking him twice and capitalising on the double break of serve to win the set 6-1.
Sorensen will face sixth seed Robin Soderling of Sweden in the first round of the main draw.
Michael Yani defeats Rajeev Ram 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5)
American Michael Yani, ranked 208th in the world, came back from a set down to overcome compatriot Rajeev Ram, ranked 229th in the world, in three sets 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5) to move to the main draw of the US Open.
The match lasted for two hours and eleven minutes.
Ram was first to take lead as he broke his countryman in the fourth game of the opening set and consolidated o it to grab a 4-1 lead. The American served out the set at 5-3.
The 27-year-old and Yani held their serve in the first six games of the second set, squaring off the score at 3-3. Yani turned around the match after that, breaking his compatriot in the eighth game and capturing three successive
games to win the set 6-3.
The Americans served very well and did not lose their serve even once in the deciding set, holding all of their twelve service games and leveling the score at 6-6 to force a tie-break. Yani hit a flat fore-hand winner to claim
a single mini-break and capitalized on it to win the tie-break 7-5.
The six feet and one inch tall is slated to play Bernard Tomic of Australia in the opening round of the main draw.
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