SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Michael Russell knocked off No. 7-seeded Donald Young in a first-round match Tuesday at the SAP Open tennis tournament in California.
Russell defeated Young 6-1, 7-6 (8-6) by piling up five service breaks in nine games. Each player lost serve three times in the second set before Russell advanced by taking the tiebreaker.