MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Tennys Sandgren was looking in great shape for a big upset at the Australian Open after building a massive lead against No. 8 seed Matteo Berrettini on Wednesday. And then, suddenly, he wasn`t. `Two-sets-to-love up, I was feeling pretty good about myself,` the 100th-ranked Sandgren, who is from Tennessee, said about the second-round match, `but playing such a great player, that can get erased pretty quick - and I guess it did.` Sure did. Same thing happened to another American: The 80th-ranked Tommy Paul, who was born in New Jersey and now is based in Florida, took the opening two sets against No. 18 seed Grigor Dimitrov before seeing that lead vanish, too. In the...
|