The list of opponents that Ryan Harrison has had to tangle with in the first two rounds of major tournaments reads like a who’s who of men’s tennis: Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic (twice), Marin Cilic and John Isner, to name a few.
Harrison lost to all of them, and more.
This is the plight of someone with a low ranking, and for the past two years, Harrison has not cracked the top 100. When he was paired with fifth-seeded Milos Raonic for the second round of this year’s United States Open, it looked as if the name of another conqueror would be added to his list.