No. 22 Marshall Brown continues to enjoy success in men’s singles at the Rate Vegas Cup presented by Holland America.

Brown punched his ticket to his first-ever PPA semifinal with a three-game quarterfinal victory over No. 4 Connor Garnett on Friday at Darling Tennis Center.

After being pickled in the opening stanza, Brown posted 11-9 and 11-2 triumphs in the ensuing frames to complete the comeback and send Garnett packing.

It marked the third straight match that Brown staged a successful rally after losing Game 1.

He previously accomplished the feat against No. 10 Dylan Frazier in the Round of 32 and No. 8 Michael Loyd in the Round of 16.

“Game 1 just takes all the nerves off. If I have a bad start, there’s nowhere to go but up,” said Brown. “Even after I was down 8-0 or 9-0 at the timeout, I was just like, ‘I don’t even care about Game 1.’ I know I’ve got Game 2, and then let’s just take it to a Game 3 and see what happens, so I’m pumped. I’ve never beaten Connor before. I’ve never made it to a semis before. I looked last night, and I’ve made five quarterfinals in singles and never even came close to winning it, so I’m pumped and excited for Saturday.”

The 30-year-old Auburn University product will face No. 2 Federico Staksrud for the right to play either No. 1 Hunter Johnson or No. 16 Roscoe Bellamy on Championship Sunday.

Even though Staksrud is the favorite, betting against Brown might be a mistake given his notable resiliency in Sin City thus far.

“I’ve just worked on hitting the serve really hard and trying to find a forehand on the third, but I think just progressive draws suit my game better because I get exhausted when it’s just a full day of singles, but if it’s just one match, I can give it my all and not get too tired,” explained Brown. “I think I just always seem to do better during progressive draws for singles for that reason.“

He might be onto something here... because cardio definitely isn't atop his priority list.

His training regimen is generally focused elsewhere.

"I really don't train fitness. I've always felt bad about it, and I've always thought that's why I couldn't make it super deep, so I'm glad that I don't have to change my mind and start training because I just don't really like it and I don't have a whole lot of time for it," revealed Brown. "I'm just glad that I don't really have to rely on incredible fitness to make it in singles, which is kind of intuitive."

So get ready for an intriguing matchup against one of the best in the business, Marshall.

This should be fun.