KITZBUEHEL, Austria — Robin Haase of the Netherlands rallied to defeat top-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-2 Saturday to win the Bet-at-Home Cup for a second straight year. It was the 42nd-ranked Haase's second career title in as many finals. The Dutchman took control of the match after an hour-long rain delay at 1-1 in the second set. Kohlschreiber, who is now 4-3 in career finals, will move into the top 20 for the first time when ATP rankings are updated Monday. Kohlschreiber missed six break points as the opening set went with serve. The German won the tiebreaker when Haase hit his third double fault at 6-2 down. Haase converted his first chance on Kohlschreiber's serve in the opening game of the second set but dropped his own serve immediately afterward. After the rain delay, Haase dominated play and used two more breaks to take the second set, helped by Kohlschreiber who hit his only double fault in the set at set point down. Like in the opening set, Haase saved six break points in the decider to close out the victory.
Querrey wins 11th straight Two-time champion Sam Querrey ran his Farmers Classic winning streak to 11 Friday, taking a 6-2, 3-1 lead before fifth-seeded Xavier Malisse of Belgium retired from their quarterfinal match because of a right knee injury. Querrey, the 2009 and 2010 winner who missed the event last year because of a right shoulder injury, will face fellow American Rajeev Ram Saturday. Ram advanced to his second ATP Tour semifinal in three weeks, beating third-seeded Leonardo Mayer of Argentina 7-6 (3), 6-3. In the other semifinal at the Los Angeles Tennis Center, sixth-seeded Marinko Matosevic of Australia will play Lithuanian qualifier Ricardas Berankis. Berankis beat fourth-seeded Nicolas Mahut 6-4, 6-4, and Matosevic topped 34-year-old Michael Russell 6-2, 6-3. Ram, 28, won his only title in Newport, Rhode Island, three years ago — beating Querrey in the final — and hadn't reached another semifinal until three weeks ago in Newport. “It just didn't happen overnight,” Ram said. “I kind of re-evaluated my tennis. Not like, ‘Do I want to keep playing?' but just how I was going about it and trying to make improvements. I felt like I was giving too many points away, both mentally and by going for too much, and (needed) just to find a way to make more guys beat me. If a guy beats me by hitting more winners, then he beats me.” Berankis, the No. 1 junior in the world in 2007, missed four months last year and three months this season because of a stress fracture and torn muscles in his pelvis. Playing only his second tour event of the year, he beat seventh-seeded Bjorn Phau in the first round and Igor Andreev in the second, and hasn't lost a set. Against Mahut, the ninth game of the first set went to deuce nine times before Berankis converted his seventh break point for a 5-4 lead. That break led to another break to open the second set. — Agencies
