Haas, Phau, Querrey win in San Jose
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SAN JOSE, California (AP)
Tommy Haas remembers when his first-round opponent, wild-card Devin Britton, was a ballboy. Then he watched him develop into a professional player.Now he's playing against him.
Haas needed a tiebreaker to beat Britton 6-4, 7-6 (3) in the first round of the SAP Open on Tuesday.
"His serve was working really well for him; not only really hard but with good placement and I could not get a good read on it,'' said Haas of Germany. "Also serving and volleying on second serve and mixing it up, that really surprised me. I played good at the times I needed. The first match is always tough anyway because you never know how you're going to feel.''
Haas remembered Britton as a youth and was on hand for his first professional match against Roger Federer at the U.S. Open.
"He played a pretty good game then,'' Haas said. "It's hard to remember a ball boy because you met so many, and then having him turn pro is something special. That doesn't happen very often.''
Britton, who played in his third career main draw singles match on the ATP tour, became the youngest player to win the NCAA championship last May as a freshman at Mississippi.
"Some guys aren't ready to turn pro right away,'' said Britton, who was once a ballboy for Haas. "For me, it was a great experience and I was able to mature a little bit. I had a lot of fun.''
Bjorn Phau of Germany beat No. 8 Jeremy Chardy of France 6-3, 6-1.
American Michael Russell, who played in his first professional tournament two years ago when he was 15, beat lucky loser Kyu Tae Im of Korea 7-6 (8), 6-1.
No. 7 seed Sam Querrey took care of Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili, 6-3, 6-2; teenager Ricardas Berankis, the former No. 1 junior in the world, beat American Robby Ginepri 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3; Benjamin Becker topped Tim Smyczek, 6-4, 6-2; and Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated Rajeev Ram 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-3.
American Mardy Fish withdrew from his singles match because of a left knee injury, but plans to remain in the doubles draw with Querrey. The duo won their first doubles match on Monday and don't play again until Thursday.
Fish, a two-time finalist here, had surgery on the knee in September and was able to compete in the Australian Open.
"For whatever reason, the knee is not where it needs to be and not 100 percent,'' Fish said in a statement. "It's frustrating because I've always played well here. I want to be healthy and I've put a lot of work in to get ready.''
Top-seeded Andy Roddick, who meets qualifier Ryler DeHeart in his first match Wednesday, nearly had to pull out of the tournament because of a knee injury suffered in Shanghai late last year.
"It was a little touch-and-go for a while about playing here,'' the seventh-ranked Roddick said. "But I got the clearance I needed after the Australian Open. The first match will be telling. If I get through that one, I should be OK. I'm going to have to work my way into this tournament.''
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