Tommy Haas captivates tennis world with Sony Open run

Tommy Haas will crack the top 15 next week after his deep run at the Sony Open. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) Tommy Haas has enjoyed quite a week at the Sony

Courtney Nguyen | Mar 28, 2013

Tommy Haas captivates tennis world with Sony Open run /

Tommy Haas will crack the top 15 next week after his deep run at the Sony Open. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Tommy Haas has enjoyed quite a week at the Sony Open.

On Tuesday night, the soon-to-be 35-year-old upset Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-4 in the fourth round to become the oldest man in 30 years to beat a No. 1 player. Twenty-four hours later, the 18th-ranked Haas dominated No. 13 Gilles Simon 6-3, 6-1 to make his first ATP Masters semifinal in seven years. The German will face No. 5 David Ferrer on Friday.

Haas is already guaranteed to crack the top 15 in next week's rankings, the best position in more than five years for the former No. 2, who was ranked No. 146 a year ago. After the jump, check out a sampling of the Twitter reaction to Haas' run. Even a Grammy-nominated singer chimed in.

https://twitter.com/TrudelSteph/status/316732127024668672

https://twitter.com/jon_wertheim/status/316740917488914433

https://twitter.com/RobKoenigTennis/status/316752421860802562

https://twitter.com/MindTheRacket/status/315890495320637440

https://twitter.com/RD_Tennistalk/status/317110816337969152

https://twitter.com/Chalk_Flew_Up/status/317113157342597121

https://twitter.com/RD_Tennistalk/status/317109220820525056

https://twitter.com/TrudelSteph/status/317110379736100864

https://twitter.com/TheSixthSet/status/316789781105360896

https://twitter.com/BenRothenberg/status/316937964447993856

https://twitter.com/linzsports/status/317106232487989248

https://twitter.com/RD_Tennistalk/status/317114086607425538

https://twitter.com/stu_fraser/status/317303215613952000

And how about you, Josh Groban. Do you have any thoughts?

Published Mar 28, 2013

COURTNEY NGUYEN

Contributor, SI.com Nguyen is a freelance writer for SI.com, providing full coverage of professional tennis both on and off the court. Her content has become a must-read for fans and insiders to stay up-to-date with a sport that rarely rests. She has appeared on radio and TV talk shows all over the world and is one of the co-hosts of No Challenges Remaining, a weekly podcast available on iTunes. Nguyen graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 1999 and received a law degree from the University of California, Davis in 2002. She lives in the Bay Area.