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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."

Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers' bid for a beach volleyball medal didn't end Saturday, but the top American duo has a lot of work to do to reach the medal round following a 21-19, 21-18 loss to Latvia's Martins Plavins and Aleksandrs Samoilovs in the first preliminary match in Pool B.

Dalhausser and Rogers, the tournament's No. 2 seed, will have to defeat teams from Argentina and Switzerland to automatically qualify for the 16-team single elimination playoffs. Another loss could jeopardize their chances to move on.

Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs, the No. 5 seed in the women's draw, were pushed by the Netherlands' Rebekka Kadijk and Merel Mooren before prevailing 21-19, 27-25 in a Pool E contest. Branagh and Youngs have upcoming matches against Cuba and Germany before the single-elimination playoffs begin.