TMS Cincinnati

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Harrison

Earlier Monday, 19-year-old American Ryan Harrison defeated Juan Ignacio Chela 6-3, 6-3 to earn a second-round date with World No. 1 Novak Djokovic.

Harrison, who has an 0-7 record against Top 10 players, said: “I think if you look at the matches I've played against guys in the Top 10, I've had a history of just getting blown out in the first set and then settling down and playing really competitive from then on out. Whatever happens, I've started slow against these guys just because I've gone in with like a feel it out mentality. Wednesday it's going to be about going in there knowing that my game is good enough, and try to take it to him.”

Harrison reached back-to-back semi-finals in Atlanta and Los Angeles to start the summer hard-court swing, losing to countryman Mardy Fish each time.

“I think that I've been playing within myself, which is good,” he said. “I'm not trying to hit spectacular, great looking shots on every point. It's just a matter of playing consistently high quality points over and over and just knowing that after you do that, the outcome is usually going to go your way more often than not.”