Querrey was sent to a hospital in Bangkok late on Monday after he stumbled and landed on a glass table, badly cutting his right forearm. The world No. 25 will be replaced in the singles main draw by compatriot and lucky loser Donald Young.
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AFP AND DPA, KUALA LUMPUR
Czech sixth seed Tomas Berdych raced away to a fast start but had to re-establish control to post a 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 first-round win over Russian Igor Kunitsyn at the Malaysian Open yesterday.
Berdych, who led his nation into December’s Davis Cup final against Spain as he clinched a five-set win over Croatia’s Marin Cilic, needed 1 hour, 53 minutes to advance at the Putra stadium.
He broke five times while losing serve twice to the 46th-ranked challenger who beat him five years ago in Moscow and turns 28 today.
Victory for 16th-ranked Berdych was his 29th of the season against 20 losses. He has claimed one title this year, winning Munich on clay.
Argentine Martin Vassallo Arguello dimmed Spanish hope as he defeated Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-3. Indian qualifier Rohan Bopanna put out Argentine Jose Acasuso in a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 comeback.
Crown favorite Lleyton Hewitt, seeded eighth, was playing a later match against Joachim Johansson.
Sweden’s Johansson has had only limited playing time in the past year as he deals with elbow injuries.
The former Top 10 last played on the ATP nearly 12 months ago in Stockholm and is competing in Malaysia on a wild card.
His activity this season has been limited to four Challenger-level events, the last one in May.
On Monday, American wild card Taylor Dent was his own worst enemy before finally getting a grip to squeeze out a 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) defeat of Kazak Andrey Golubev to reach the second round.
The opening-day near-debacle featured eight double-faults — Dent’s seventh produced three break points to throw away a 5-4 lead in the final set — from the American, who missed more than two years of ATP played because of a pair of back operations that left him doubting his ability to ever compete again.
2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis, another wild card entry, needed almost three hours to stop Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan, ranked No. 75, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5).
Brendan Evans of the US earned the first victory of the week as ATP tennis returned to Malaysia after an absence of a decade and a half when he defeated fellow qualifier and compatriot Michael Yani 6-3, 6-4.
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