Querrey downs Anderson to win Las Vegas title

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Unseeded American Sam Querrey captured his first ATP title by beating South African qualifier Kevin Anderson 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the Las Vegas Open final on Sunday.

"This is my best five matches I have put together in a row on tour," Querrery told reporters. "It is real exciting and I've got lot of confidence right now."

The 20-year-old Querrey, 66th in the world rankings, was successful with only 57 percent of his first serves but blasted 12 aces and saved nine of 10 break points to win the two-hour match.

Anderson took the opening set with consistently powerful first serves, winning 20-of-24 points on his first delivery.

But the 6-foot-7 (2.01-metre) South African's serve became less of a weapon as the match wore on, allowing Querrey to break him once in each of the final two sets.

Querrey thought the turning point came in the second.

"On a break point in the second set we had just a great point," he said. "I had a couple of reflex volleys to the net and that seemed to turn things around."

The 21-year-old Anderson, ranked 175th in the world, was hoping to become the first South African to win an ATP title since Wesley Moodie in Tokyo in 2005.

(Writing by Steve Ginsburg in Washington and Gene Cherry in Raleigh, North Carolina; Editing by Ed Osmond)