Sam Querrey of the US clenches his fist after defeating Igor Sijsling of the Netherlands in Los Angeles Wednesday. — APLOS ANGELES — Two-time champion Sam Querrey won his opening match in the Farmers Classic, beating Igor Sijsling of the Netherlands 6-2, 6-2 Wednesday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. Querrey, the 2009 and 2010 tournament winner who missed the event last year after undergoing surgery for a right shoulder injury, had nine aces and didn't face a break point in the 53-minute match. “I feel like it's my tournament to win (again)," Querrey said. “I played great. I served really well, a lot of energy, and I hit my forehand great. There were a couple of little thing I could nitpick here and there but overall it was really good." In the quarterfinals Friday, the American will face fifth-seeded Xavier Malisse of Belgium or Matthew Ebden of Austria. Earlier, Rajeev Ram beat Chile's Paul Capdeville 6-3, 6-1 in another second-round match. The American lost only nine points on serve and had 10 aces. He dominated the 64-minute match with that serve, winning 85 percent of his first-serve points (22-26) and 69 percent on his second serve (11-16). Ram set up a match against third-seeded Leonardo Mayer of Argentina. Mayer had a 6-0, 4-0 lead when Italy's Flavio Cipolla retired because of a neck injury. Panova beats Zaniewska In Azerbaijan, second-seeded Alexandra Panova of Russia rallied to defeat Sandra Zaniewska of Poland, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3 in the second round of the Baku Cup Wednesday. Mandy Minella of Luxembourg defeated Marta Domachowska of Poland 6-4, 7-5 in the outdoor hard-court event at Baku Academy. Fifth-seeded Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia downed Valeria Solovieva of Russia 6-2, 6-3. Kohlschreiber in semis In Kitzbuehel, Austria, top-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany won twice to reach his fifth semifinal of the season at the Bet-at-Home Cup Thursday. Kohlschreiber defeated Attila Balazs of Hungary 6-4, 6-1 in a second-round match that was suspended because of rain Wednesday with Balazs leading 3-0. The German then beat Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals. Kohlschreiber will play Filippo Volandri of Italy, who had two 6-4, 6-4 wins over fourth-seeded Albert Ramos of Spain and Rogerio Dutra Silva of Brazil respectively. Robin Haase also reached the semis, in which he will take on either Martin Klizan of Slovakia or Simone Bolelli of Italy. — Agencies
