French Open runner-up for the last two years Robin Soderling fought back from a set and 5-3 down to beat American Sam Querrey 5-7 7-5 7-6 at the World Team Cup on Monday. The Swede, beaten by Roger Federer in 2009 and Rafa Nadal last year at Roland Garros, found himself on the ropes against the powerful Querrey before hitting back to level the red group tie at 1-1 with the doubles rubber to come later on Monday.
John Isner had earlier put last year's finalists in the driving seat when he beat lowly-ranked teenager Christian Lindell 6-4 6-1 at the team event which is traditionally used as useful French Open preparation. Querrey, ranked 26th in the ATP rankings, matched Soderling's hard-hitting baseline game blow for blow early on and snatched his only break at 5-5 before grabbing the first set with his 10th ace.
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