Jack Sock Successful In Memphis

Young American tennis phenom Jack Sock had quite the run at the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships in Memphis this past week, as he advanced to the Quarterfinals in singles, and the Final of the doubles draw at the ATP 500 event.

Sock, who came into the week ranked 168 in the ATP World Tour singles rankings, made a splash in his first match as he posted his career best win over world number 14 Milos Raonic 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.

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In the second round his opponent was most definitely a familiar face in James Blake, who also just so happened to be his doubles partner in Memphis. Although Blake displayed some of his firepower that once lifted him to number four in the world, he was more inconsistent than powerful as he won just 23% of his return points and Sock was able to move through in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4.

Sock's singles run came to an abrupt halt when he ran into the grizzled Spaniard veteran Feliciano Lopez as the lefty was firing on all cylinders in a quick 82 minute 6-4, 6-3 win over Sock.

The week wasn't quite over for Sock yet though as he still had a run to the doubles final to take care of with his fellow American partner, James Blake. Believe it or not, all three matches for the American duo were taken to deciding set super-tiebreaks, and the Americans were able to squeeze through in all three.

In the Finals though they ran into the brick wall of the Bryan Brothers, the number one doubles team in the world and 13 time grand slam champions. The Bryans have been playing together for around 30 years now and that was apparent in the match as they dominated 6-2, 6-1.

Nonetheless it was still a fantastic week of tennis for Sock who ended up racking in 90 ATP singles points and 300 doubles points which moved him up to a career high ranking in both singles and doubles at 130 and 132 respectively.

His wallet is a little heavier this week too, taking home a combined singles and doubles earnings check of $49,520.