By Michael Conally
Jamaica's highest ranked tennis player Dustin Brown faces Andy Murray in the 2nd Round of the US Open on Friday.
PHOTO: (c) AFP 2010.
Jamaica’s tennis player Dustin Brown stands at the entrance of a good example of achieving greatness. He meets Britain’s Andy Murray in round two of the Men’s Singles at the US Open continuing at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, on Friday, September 3, 2010.
While the odds favour in-form Murray, currently ranked number four in the world, the 25-year-old German-born Brown, ranked 123rd, has bags of confidence. He claimed his first Grand Slam scalp on Wednesday, ousting Spain’s Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 6-4, 7-6 (8/6), 7-5.
“I’m really excited to play against him (Murray),” Brown said. “I’m definitely going to play my type of tennis, play aggressive, and try to keep the points short.”
Born in Celle, Germany, to a Jamaican father and German mother, Brown grew up in Jamaica but honed his skills on the minor-league clay court tournaments of Europe. He pulled off a shocker at a grass-court event this past summer in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. That is when he beat another big boomer, American Sam Querrey. It was his first victory over a top 20 player.
Brown, who enjoys special support from New York’s Jamaican community at the US Open, hopes to add the scalp of top 5 player Murray in their match on Friday.
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September 4th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Gosh, I wonder if I know his parents! I'm from Celle and they're probably be my age…