Fish on Querrey

Sam Querrey of Thousand Oaks faces Igor Andreev of Russia in his first Olympic tennis match at Beijing.
Mardy Fish, who was on the 2004 Olympic tennis team for the United States in Athens, had high expectations for Querrey. Fish was asked after his semifinal match at the Countrywide Classic tennis tournament at UCLA about his thoughts on Querrey.
The Countrywide Classic had a few young, tall players, including 6-foot-6 Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina who beat Fish to advance to Sunday's final at UCLA.
"Sam Querrey is another one of those guys that's 6-5 and can hit the crap out of the ball and moves real well," Fish said. "Sam can beat anyone. He's only 20 or 21 years old. He's got a bright future for sure. I expect him to be in the top 20 relatively soon. He's just gradually gotten better and better and better."
Another young, although not-so-tall, American playing in the Countrywide Classic was Donald Young, who upset eighth-seeded Tommy Haas in the first round at UCLA.
"Don Young probably has a little more work to do," Fish said. "He can't necessarily rely on a huge game like Sam can. He's talented; he's really talented. He moves real well and lefties are real tough to play. Jury's still out a little bit on him, but he can certainly play. He showed here, he beat someone like Tommy, who I haven't figured out ever."