Haas said that he will soldier on in the game for as long as he feels fit.
“I’ve been out for a few years here and there. If I’m feeling fit, I can do some damage,” he said. “If the shoulder plays up again, and I start to struggle ... we’ll have to see.”
In other matches Jun Woong-sun of South Korea beat Australian Chris Guccione 6-4, 7-6 (4) and Rajeev Ram of the US rallied from 6-3 down in the tiebreaker to upset sixth-seeded Fabrice Santoro of France 7-6 (6), 6-4. Fourth-seeded American Sam Querrey defeated Go Soeda of Japan 6-4, 6-4 in the late match.
Querrey will play compatriot Vince Spadea today.
Spadea beat another American, Donald Young, 6-2, 6-4.
Journeyman Bobby Reynolds beat last year’s finalist Frank Dancevic for the second time in as many meetings, taking down the Canadian 6-7 (6/8), 6-3, 6-2.
The pair met only three weeks ago at Wimbledon, with Reynolds, the world No. 90, also triumphing.
Naturalised American Wayne Odesnik beat Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan 6-4, 7-5 while Colombian Alejandro Falla put out Brazilian eighth seed Tomaz Bellucci 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.
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