Sam Querrey: In-depth

So Roger Federer almost lost in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters. Down 5-1 in the third set, he won five games in a row and won the tiebreak over 137th-ranked Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo. But really, what’s the big deal? I’m tired of talking about Federer and what his recent slump means. I’d rather talk about the recession of our economy than the supposed recession of Federer’s game. And I’m not a financial fanatic.

Instead, I want to talk about Sam Querrey. I mentioned him earlier this week, and Tennis.com did an interview with Querrey. Actually “interview” is a bit of an understatement. It’s basically everything-Sam-on-a-webpage.

I didn’t know much about Querrey before I found his life for me to read on Tennis.com. Like he was planning to go to USC before he decided to turn pro a year and a half ago. All his friends are athletes (I know, I’m absolutely shocked.), he’s sponsored by Adidas (if I had ever had the opportunity to watch him play, I probably could have figured that one out on my own) and he wants to get more fired up during his matches instead of being so laidback.

Now I feel like if I met Querrey on the street, we could talk about that one time, way back in the day, when he used to play T-ball in the back yard.