SWITZERLAND - Former Brown tennis standout, Jamie Cerretani '04
earned perhaps the biggest victory of his professional career on
Tuesday. Ranked as high as #45 in the world in doubles (July 2008),
Cerretani and his partner, Aisam Qureshi (Pakistan) claimed a 6-4,
6-3 win over #1 Roger Federer (Switzerland) and Marco Chiudinelli
(Switzerland) at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors.
Cerretani and Qureshi battled the Swiss duo in front of a hometown
crowd, going up, 3-2, and then breaking to gain a 4-2 lead and go
on to win 6-4. The second set was more of the same, as Cerretani
and Qureshi took care of their serves after an early break and
closed out the set 6-3 for the victory.
Cerretani and Qureshi will face the #1 doubles team in the world,
Daniel Nestor (Canada) and Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia) in their next
match, scheduled for Thursday.
Cerretani has won two career ATP Titles, including one this year
(Johannesburg). Federer (the winner of a record 15 grand slams) is
no stranger to the doubles court, winning the Gold Medal at the
2008 Olympics. While at Brown, Cerretani qualified for the NCAA
Doubles tournament three times (partnering with Nick Malone, Chris
Drake & Adil Shamasdin). He was also part of the team that
claimed Brown's first-ever Ivy League Title in 2002.