FanHouse Sam Querrey

Although 21 spots from the No. 1 seed going to into the US Open, Sam Querrey has a chance at winning the largest single paycheck in tennis history. On Thursday morning, he clinched the Olympus US Open Series men's title by beating Bjorn Phau in straight sets in the quarterfinals of the Pilot Pen Tournament.

Since the Series creation in 2004, players who hold the title heading into the US Open earn substantial cash bonuses depending on their finish. The higher the finish, the higher the bonus. This year, Querrey could set the record and earn a total of $2.6 million at the Open alone.

What does he have to do to collect the total reward and take the pay-day crown from Federer? Simple, just win the US Open.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Amelie Mauresmo rallied to win a 20-point first-set tiebreaker and a 7-6 (9), 2-6, 6-3 quarterfinal over top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova at the Pilot Pen tennis tournament on Thursday night.

Mauresmo started off slowly, losing the first three games of the match. But she broke Kuznetsova in the seventh game of the set to force the tiebreaker and then survived five set points.

"I gave her chances to come back," Kuznetsova said. "She didn't have many possibilities to play. I let her come back into the match. She started to play very well."

Apologies from the Samurai.

Tommy Haas got a little ticked off at Sam Querrey's fan club last week in the LA Open, and this has led to some questions about whether some of these fan groups, like James Blake's, are going overboard.

Let's just say that tennis can be a little bland when fans are forced to sit around on their hands. Years ago I was in the stands as a fan at Wimbledon when Michael Chang got a bad line call against a British player. When I yelled "British line judge,'' well, it broke a funeral-like silence and didn't go over well.