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Sam Querrey breaks racket in quick loss to Tomas Berdych at Sony Open

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xja6d2uqUw&feature=youtu.be That'll happen when you lose a set in just 22 minutes, as Sam Querrey did in his 6-1, 6-1 loss to
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xja6d2uqUw&feature=youtu.be

That'll happen when you lose a set in just 22 minutes, as Sam Querrey did in his 6-1, 6-1 loss to Tomas Berdych in the fourth round of the Sony Open.

"Just one of those awful days," Querrey said. "The more you miss the harder it gets to get the ball in. It just kept getting worse."

Playing his first tournament as the No. 1 American, Querrey received a third-round walkover when Milos Raonic withdrew with illness and was then swept off the court by Berdych in just 51 minutes. His first-serve accuracy was below 40 percent for the match and he hit 18 unforced errors off his forehand wing alone. So no serve and no forehand? That essentially amounts to a weaponless Querrey, and Berdych, who was coming off back-to-back tough three-setters, took full advantage.

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Courtney Nguyen
COURTNEY NGUYEN

Contributor, SI.com Nguyen is a freelance writer for SI.com, providing full coverage of professional tennis both on and off the court. Her content has become a must-read for fans and insiders to stay up-to-date with a sport that rarely rests. She has appeared on radio and TV talk shows all over the world and is one of the co-hosts of No Challenges Remaining, a weekly podcast available on iTunes. Nguyen graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 1999 and received a law degree from the University of California, Davis in 2002. She lives in the Bay Area.

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